Tokyo-Manila defence cooperation is linking Pacific flashpoints, with broad implications for Beijing, analysts say.

China views cooperation between U.S. allies Japan and the Philippines as undermining its longstanding claim to Taiwan.

Japan’s decision to send combat troops to the Philippines for the first time since World War II and participate in a ship-sinking drill in the South China Sea this week underscores Tokyo’s rising ...

Shared concerns over China have drawn Manila and Tokyo together. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

China launches maritime law enforcement operation in waters east of Taiwan island after Japan-Philippines unilateral ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi said on Sunday that the "door is always open" to China.

Japan and Indonesia agreed to enhance cooperation on maritime security with an eye on China’s growing assertiveness in ...

The countries’ leaders formally elevated their relationship and agreed to start talks on a military intelligence sharing ...

Coastguard vessels carried out law enforcement patrols in waters east of Taiwan on Monday, in a ‘necessary action’, spokesman ...

Japan and EU express concern over South China Sea tensions at UN Security Council China accuses Japan of provocations in Taiwan Strait and military expansion April 27 (Reuters) - China denounced ...

By Joe Cash and Ben Blanchard BEIJING/TAIPEI, June 1 (Reuters) - China's Coast Guard on Monday said it had conducted "law ...