From left, Japan Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, Japan Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Philippines' Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo and Philippines' Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. join hands ...

Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact allowing Japanese forces to conduct joint drills in the Philippines. The Reciprocal Access Agreement permits Filipino forces to train in Japan.

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines hailed an "unprecedented" high in defence ties with Japan after the signing on Monday of a landmark military pact allowing deployment of forces on each other's soil ...

Japan and the Philippines have agreed to a “groundbreaking” agreement for cooperation between their militaries as both countries prepare for increasing tensions ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko shakes hands with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a meeting in Manila, Philippines, July 8, 2024. Credit: Facebook/Bongbong Marcos The ...

On 8 July 2024, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of National Defence of the Philippines, along with their Japanese counterparts, signed the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) during the ...

More than 70 years after Japan's invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II, the countries signed a defence pact on Monday that allows them to deploy troops on each other's soil.

On November 3, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. agreed to expand bilateral defense cooperation in order to better respond to common security ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Japan, in the latest shift away from its long-held post-World War II pacifist posture, is expanding its security ties with Southeast Asia. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, ...

MANILA >> The leaders of Japan and the Philippines agreed Friday to start negotiations for a key defense pact that would allow their troops to enter each other’s territory for joint military exercises ...

Japan will seek to bolster military ties with the Philippines during a visit to Manila by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that comes after tensions escalated between Beijing and the Southeast Asian ...

The Japanese began to bomb American bases in the Philippines hours after the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War II. By the spring of 1942, Japanese ...