Japan, Philippines to discuss information sharing pact to ease arms exports
The pact would let Tokyo expand military equipment transfers to Manila, including warships, after Japan scrapped longstanding export restrictions.
- On Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced they would begin negotiations on an intelligence-sharing pact, allowing Tokyo to fast-track transfers of Abukuma-class destroyers to Manila.
- Tokyo and Manila have been steadily upgrading security ties in response to China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea, while Japan recently scrapped longstanding restrictions on combat equipment exports.
- Malacañang announced on Wednesday that Japanese businesses committed to invest $3.4 billion in the Philippines, a development expected to generate 10,200 jobs and provide "substantive" macroeconomic benefits.
- Takaichi and Marcos agreed to elevate their bilateral relationship to a 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,' formalizing heightened security cooperation and a reciprocal access deal allowing troop deployments on each other's territory.
- Beyond defense cooperation, the leaders concurred to initiate formal talks on maritime border delimitation, while Japan pledged energy security assistance through the POWERR Asia initiative to strengthen regional resilience.
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Tokyo welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, while both countries are negotiating a military intelligence-sharing agreement and the sale to Manila of Japanese Abukuma-class escorts and TC-90 training aircraft.
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