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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan and the Philippines are signing a key defense pact Monday that would allow the deployment of Japanese forces for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills, to the Southeast Asian nation that came under brutal Japanese occupation in World War II but is now building an alliance with Tokyo as they face an increasingly assertive China.
TOKYO -- Japan's professional basketball league is working to expand its fan base to other Asian markets such as the Philippines and Taiwan through marketing events and by bringing in more players from the region, hoping to raise revenue and profits.
Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jnr said in a press briefing late Thursday that these measures would include “fighting back” during self-defence sea operations, protecting potential targets from Chinese missile and drone attacks, as well as countering Chinese fake news about the dispute.
TOKYO -- China protested on Friday in response to the European Union's renewed call for Beijing to honor an international tribunal ruling on the South China Sea awarded to the Philippines in 2016.
TAIPEI - Taiwan defence ministry said on Thursday (July 11) it was closely watching Chinese military movements after a surge in warplanes joined drills with China's Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
MANILA -- The Philippines is committed to prioritizing diplomacy in resolving maritime tensions with China, underscoring a strategy of peaceful assertion of sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manala has said in written replies to Nikkei Asia.
Chinese and Philippine ships have been embroiled in a series of confrontations in the contested seaway in recent months.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global views toward China appear to be divided between high-income and middle-income countries, and the gap apparently is the widest among China’s neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region, according to a newly released poll from the Pew Research Center that surveyed people in 35 countries.