Japan has shown keen interest in more Philippine products, including the popular barako coffee with its uniquely strong aroma, and expand investments in a range of key sectors like infrastructure, agriculture,

Japan and the Philippines plan to convey to President-elect Donald Trump the urgent need for the U.S. to remain committed to upholding the rule of law in an Asian region where China's actions are causing concerns.

Japan is gravely concerned about actions in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any unilateral attempt to change the status quo, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump to win his commitment to maintain a strong American presence in the Asia-Pacific.

PHILIPPINES (TR) – Authorities here have apprehended a male Japanese national who is suspected member of the so-called “Luffy” fraud ring. Philippine authorities announced on January 20 that they had arrested suspect Yuhei Tsukuda, 28, in Pampanga province near the capital Manila.

Both nations plan to engage Trump's administration and China diplomatically to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

China’s relations aren’t improving with every U.S. partner. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has aggressively resisted China’s increasingly assertive stance in their territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Japan and the Philippines vowed Wednesday to strengthen security cooperation to counter China's actions in key sea trade routes, amid speculation incoming US President Donald Trump could scale back security commitments in Asia.

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.

New U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed China's "dangerous and destabilizing actions in the South China Sea" with his Philippine counterpart on Wednesday and underscored the "ironclad" U.S.

TOKYO — Japan will expand an unprecedented military aid program, the first of its kind since World War II, to help the armed forces of like-minded countries like the Philippines deter threats to the rule of law in the Indo-Pacific, where alarm has grown ...

The Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, in collaboration with Stratbase ADR Institute, organized a lecture dubbed "Reinforcing Japan-Philippines Strategic Cooperation to Maintain Peace and Stability in the Indo-Pacific" on Jan.