Tokyo’s important assistance for relief efforts in the southern Philippine city continues.

The deployment was a first for the Philippine Navy.

Duterte's North Korea strategy seeks to balance the interests of China, the United States, and Japan.

The engagement holds broader significance in the context of broader security relations between the two sides.

Though specifics are still unclear, a transaction mulled by the two sides reflects their ongoing defense cooperation.

The Philippine president's talk of multilateralism over the South China Sea involving Japan will concern China.

Defense and security issues dominate meeting between Duterte and Abe.

China's claims to the South China Sea are accelerating a trend of growing security cooperation between Japan and ASEAN.

A Japanese warship docks in Subic Bay for the second time in three weeks.

The Chinese foreign ministry strongly condemned the G7 ministers' statement in Hiroshima.

Flotilla of three ships another sign of growing bilateral defense cooperation.

Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss the challenges facing Htin Kyaw, Japan-Philippines ties, and North Korea.

The new deal with the Philippines has different motivations than Japan's defense agreements with other states.

An agreement to supply defense equipment was signed by representatives of Japan and the Philippines in Manila today.

Emperor Akihito's time in the Philippines was as much about the past as the future.

Japan’s imperial couple will be on a state visit from 26 to 30 January.