Japan-PH defense ties: Security through shared vision

Fresh off the Balikatan exercises earlier this month, Japan is considering selling advanced missile systems to the Philippines – a historic first for the archipelagic nations. The announcement marks a major development in Japan-Philippine defense ties, where capacity-building efforts take center stage amid increasingly dangerous provocations that threaten to undermine the rules-based international order.  By no means a stranger to regional security efforts, Japan has been an enduring partner for many in the Indo-Pacific. For some, like the Philippines, diplomatic ties date back well over fifty years. For the region’s geopolitical heart of Southeast Asia, it has risen to become […]...

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