THE roots of Japanese-Philippine friendship can be traced nearly seven decades ago, when diplomatic relations between the two ...

Japan and the Philippines signed a key defence pact on Monday allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills, to the Southeast Asian nation ...

The Philippines' new foreign minister has said she sees no problem if Japan were to amend its pacifist Constitution to ...

FBI director Kash Patel says Wellington office shows the agency is ‘prioritising a permanent presence across all Five Eyes countries’.

The leaders of Japan and the Philippines have pledged to deepen their security ties, including increased intelligence sharing, as they grapple with territorial disputes with China. On his first ...

Last year, Japan and the Philippines signed the Reciprocal Access Agreement, the first of its kind Japan has signed in Asia, that would allow deployment of forces on each other's soil.

The Philippines and Japan plan to expand their security partnership, their leaders said, as both countries grapple with maritime disputes with China. The two nations agreed to start negotiations ...

Ishiba announced that Japan and the Philippines had started talks on a potential information security agreement, which would pave the way to new and comprehensive forms of security cooperation.

The other proposed agreement involves the security of highly confidential defense and military information the countries could share. The United States and the Philippines signed such an agreement in ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shake hands before the start of a bilateral meeting at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines Tuesday ...

However, Trump’s tariff impositions on Japan and the Philippines, among other countries worldwide, have sparked an awkward dilemma among the close security allies.