A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his ...

Many of Japan’s Asian neighbors, including the Philippines, came under Japanese aggression until its defeat in World War II, and Tokyo’s efforts to strengthen its military role and spending ...

24 (UPI) --Japan and the Philippines agreed to a ... and France to train in the Philippines" under Visiting Forces Agreements, the daily Phil Star reported. Last year in July, the Philippines ...

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto secured financing for big-ticket infrastructure projects and budget support for health and ...

The Department of Finance (DOF) said it secured P65.- billion loan from the Japanese government to finance big-ticket ...

Japan and the Philippines have agreed to boost military ... in order to maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific under such a situation,” Nakatani told reporters. Before the meeting ...

In Japan, he would participate in a ceremony ... repeatedly warned that the US is obligated to help defend the Philippines under the treaty if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under ...

The Philippines and Japan are both key US allies in Asia and ... In 2016, a tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea ruled that Beijing had no legal basis for its claim ...

US Defense Secreary Pete Hegseth will be the highest-ranking US official to visit the Philippines under the second Trump presidency thus far ...

In Japan, he would participate in a ceremony ... repeatedly warned that the U.S. is obligated to help defend the Philippines under the treaty if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under ...