AN "increasingly severe" security environment has made deepening security ties with the Philippines a necessity, Japan's defense chief said Monday after a meeting with his counterpart in Manila. Speaking as he concluded a two-day visit that included a tour of Philippine air bases,

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Japan and the Philippines agreed on Monday to further deepen defense ties in the face of an “increasingly severe” security environment in the Indo-Pacific region, Japanese defense minister Gen Nakatani said on Monday.

An "increasingly severe" security environment has made deepening security ties with the Philippines a necessity, Japan's defence chief said Monday after a meeting with his counterpart in Manila.

Japan and the Philippines have agreed to further deepen their defense collaborations and start talks on an arrangement to protect shared military information in the face of mutual alarm over China’s i