Despite being on opposing sides during World War II, the Philippines and Japan have come a long way since the normalization ...

The Philippines' new foreign minister has said she sees no problem if Japan were to amend its pacifist Constitution to ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Japan and the Philippines agreed to a "strategic dialogue" as a means to bolster defense tech and equipment cooperation, both nations announced Monday.

To help reverse a sharp drop in Japanese investments within Philippine economic zones, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority ...

THE roots of Japanese-Philippine friendship can be traced nearly seven decades ago, when diplomatic relations between the two ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that his country and the Philippines would start talks on two proposed defense pacts to further boost their ...

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, right, greets his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani in Makati city, Philippines on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) MANILA, Philippines ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko prepare to leave Haneda airport in Tokyo Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Kishida began a two-day visit on Friday to the Philippines ...

Japan and the Philippines are treaty allies of the U.S. and their leaders held three-way talks in April at the White House, where President Joe Biden renewed Washington’s "ironclad" commitment ...

The defense pact with the Philippines, which includes live-fire drills, is the first to be forged by Japan in Asia. Japan signed similar accords with Australia in 2022 and with Britain in 2023.

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President Donald Trump just notched another key trade deal this week with one of America’s biggest trading partners, Japan.