Japan's coast guard on Friday held a joint exercise with counterparts from the United States and the Philippines, as the three Pacific nations beef up defense cooperation in the face of China's ...

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.

Dozens of personnel are taking part in the drills that officials say are not targeted ... claimants to parts of the East and South China Seas have driven Japan to deepen ties with the Philippines and ...

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 ...

Philippines joins Japan-led naval drills as brushes with China rise in the disputed South China Sea . Nov. 11, 2023 at 6:56 am Updated Nov. 11, 2023 at 7:55 am . By . MARI YAMAGUCHI.

The US will hold joint exercises with Coast Guards from Japan and the Philippines for the first time starting this week amid elevated tensions with China in the region.

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's coast guard has held a joint exercise with counterparts from the United States and the Philippines, ... Their first joint drills were held in the Philippines in 2023.

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 ...

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