Beijing has repeatedly accused the Philippines of being in a pawn in U.S. efforts to contain China's rise and touted ...

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. believes that the United States and whoever sits in Washington have nothing to do with ...

MANILA: US defence secretary Pete Hegseth, during his visit to Manila, said that the United States will strengthen its military partnership with the Philippines to "reinforce deterrence" against ...

Donald Trump prefers to treat the waters as a bargaining chip, so the United States may reduce high-profile provocations — such as close-in reconnaissance — and instead increase its “gray” tactics and ...

Japan will export used destroyers to the Philippines, Reuters reported, citing Japan's Yomiuri newspaper on Sunday, to strengthen what the report claimed is a deterrence against the so-called "China's ...

Tokyo and Manila say they face challenges from Beijing’s increasingly assertive moves in waters. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japanese Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro agreed to the destroyer export when they met in Singapore last month, the Yomiuri said, adding ...

Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China's maritime expansion, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, as the two US allies increase ...

Japan plans to supply defense equipment to Thailand, Tonga and six other nations in the current fiscal year as security aid, a government source said Friday, with the aim to ensure safe sea lanes in ...

TOKYO — Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China’s maritime expansion, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported on Sunday, as the two US allies ...