The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese military ship kept watch from a distance.

Philippine and Japan navies held their first bilateral drills in the South China Sea, the Southeast Asian nation’s military said in a statement Friday. The two nations conducted communications ...

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World Philippines to hold joint naval drills with US, Japan, Australia. The Philippines will hold joint naval drills with the United States, Japan and Australia.

Military ties took off in 2012, after Shinzo Abe took office as the Japanese prime minister, and continued even under President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines.

Japan and the Philippines conducted a joint naval exercise in the South China Sea, in a likely response to China’s aggressive maritime behavior.

The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese military ship kept watch ...

ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea - The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a ...

US, Japan, Philippines stage navy drills in disputed South China Sea as a Chinese ship keeps watch. Mar 28, 2025, 8:27 AM ...