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The people! In my 40 years as a diplomat serving in 10 different places, I have never encountered a more warm and hospitable ...
TOKYO — Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a ...
There is nothing new with China's move to deploy naval assets in response to any Philippine-led maritime cooperative activity ...
The drills, which will include simulated search and rescue exercise later this week, follow exercises that were held in the Philippines in June 2023.
The U.S. and Filipino militaries teamed at Balikatan 2025 for the 40th annual joint military exercises between the two allies ...
The Gilded Age President led a country defined by tariffs and colonial wars. There’s a reason Trump is so drawn to his legacy ...
The Philippines and Japan held joint military drills as China continues to make sweeping territorial claims over the South China Sea. Both nations carried out the bilateral exercises on June 14, a ...
The Chinese military claimed that military activities that "disrupt" the South China Sea and "create hotspots" are under control.
Just days after Japan ratified the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) allowing increased military engagements between the two countries, Philippine and Japanese warships sailed the waters of the West ...
Filipino military units and their counterparts from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conducted the second bilateral maritime cooperative activity (MCA) within the West Philippine Sea (WPS ...
World War II veteran Caster “Cas” Salemi, a longtime Massachusetts resident, will turn 103 this weekend, on Flag Day. Salemi, ...
Japan reached out to China, expressing concern the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy J-15 fighters that came within 50 ...