Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact that will allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other necessities when their forces stage joint training to boost deterrence against China’s growing aggression in the region and to bolster their preparation for natural disaste

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Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact on Thursday that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other necessities when their forces stage joint training to boost deterrence against China’s growing aggression in the region and to bolster their preparation for natural disasters.

Japan has faced increasing political, trade and security tensions with China, which was angered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ’s remark that potential Chinese action against Taiwan could spark Japanese intervention.

Japan and the Philippines have also had separate territorial conflicts with Beijing in the East China Sea and South China Sea that have continued to flare and threaten to draw in the United States, a treaty ally of the two Asian nations.

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  • HotznplotznOPEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    The same what I thought. Sometimes I feel you could post one of Grimms’ Fairy Tales and someone would comment on the US. It’s sort of a standard response.

    • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      1 day ago

      Comment about things pre WW2 and the shuffling of power in the Western sphere and you’ll get comments on the Brits, French, Dutch, Belgian… It’s not our fault that the octopus has its arms everywhere, but come on, Japan? The Philippines? What’s next, South Korea has no American links? Israel? 🤔

      • HotznplotznOPEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        @YappyMonotheist

        Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact now, in 2026, not ‘pre-WWII,’ and the reason is China’s aggression, imperial behaviour, and warmongering. Read something else than your propaganda channels and get a life.