Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact in Manila on Monday that will allow the two countries to deploy military in each other’s territory.

The reciprocal access agreement is the first of its kind involving Japan in Asia and was signed by Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, who praised it as a /”landmark achievement./”
A joint statement highlighted the need for /”the international community to speak out on the importance of maintaining and strengthening the free and open international order based on the rule of law” in the South China Sea.
Amid increased tension in the region, China’s Foreign Ministry responded by saying the Asia-Pacific region does not need military blocs that instigate bloc confrontations or a new Cold War/

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