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New Japan-Philippine defense pact pushes back at China

MANILA –The Philippines is looking beyond the United States and toward Japan to counter China’s rising threat in the South China Sea. After years of negotiation, Manila and Tokyo finally inked a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), a high-stakes defense pact that will dramatically enhance bilateral defense cooperation through joint military drills and equipment transfers. Touting […]

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