Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact on Thursday that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other necessities when their forces stage joint training to boost deterrence against China’s growing aggression in the region and to bolster their preparation for natural disasters.
Japan has faced increasing political, trade and security tensions with China, which was angered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ’s remark that potential Chinese action against Taiwan could spark Japanese intervention.
Japan and the Philippines have also had separate territorial conflicts with Beijing in the East China Sea and South China Sea that have continued to flare and threaten to draw in the United States, a treaty ally of the two Asian nations.
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Read: as the Lemmite desperately tries to segue an article featuring the politics of Asia back to US discussion.
The same what I thought. Sometimes I feel you could post one of Grimms’ Fairy Tales and someone would comment on the US. It’s sort of a standard response.
Comment about things pre WW2 and the shuffling of power in the Western sphere and you’ll get comments on the Brits, French, Dutch, Belgian… It’s not our fault that the octopus has its arms everywhere, but come on, Japan? The Philippines? What’s next, South Korea has no American links? Israel? 🤔
@YappyMonotheist
Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact now, in 2026, not ‘pre-WWII,’ and the reason is China’s aggression, imperial behaviour, and warmongering. Read something else than your propaganda channels and get a life.
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Yeah, it’s all disconnected, Japan isn’t an American colony since WW2 despite all the bases and their constitution being written by America, the Philippines isn’t in a similar boat… Do you understand what it means to be a vassal state and how little freedom you have to make any independent decisions? Your understanding of the world is full of holes!