The move comes as Taiwan, which lies between Japan and the Philippines, has become a focal point of intensifying Chinese military activity that Tokyo and Washington worry could escalate into war. Japan held joint military exercises with the United States and the Philippines as recently as October....
The U.S. and Japanese forces are conducting exercises in multiple locations across Japan. The exercise will involve field training drills, rehearsing tasks as a Joint Force Littoral Component Command, and strengthening their combined joint response to threats. The U.S. Marine Corps statement ...
A suspected spy balloon released from the Philippines is captured on a commercial satellite image near the Philippines on April 2, 2022 during a US-Philippines joint exercise. Photo: Courtesy of MizarVision The US military has also used spy balloons, including in an exercise with the Philippines ...
The troops from the allied forces participated in expert exchanges and practical exercises, reinforcing the decades-long military partnership between the Philippines and the US. The joint exercises were conducted from November 16 to 27 in Luzon, according to the US Embassy in Manila. The participants...
Canada and Philippines are in final negotiations for defense pact to boost joint military exercises China is pushing the Philippines `to the wall' with aggression in the South China Sea, Manila says “Both of us share concerns and many other countries in the region share concerns, as w...
The drills are taking place in Sidoarjo, East Java province, and also include troops from Australia, Japan, Britain, France, and New Zealand. They will be observed by Malaysia, the Philippines, and East Timor, said Rudy Hernawan, spokesperson of the Indonesian military, Reuters reported. ...
The U.S. installed the Typhon missile system in the northern Philippines in April 2024 as part of joint U.S.-Philippines military drills. The Philippines promised that the deployment would be "temporary," and that the system would be withdrawn following the conclusion of the military exercises....
MANILA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Some 30 military aircraft and three vessels from the Philippines and the United States will be deployed in the coming joint military exercises in the northern part of the country, a military spokesman said here Wednesday. ...
Around 14 nations will join as observers, including Japan, India and countries in ASEAN and the European Union, Michael Logico, a Philippine army colonel overseeing the exercises, said. In response to the drills, Chinese Foreign Ministry ...
Japan has joined U.S.-led maritime humanitarian exercises off the Philippines for the first time, as concerns mount among the three allies about China's growing assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea. A Japanese navy replenishment ship was in Subic Bay, a former U.S. naval base, to...