Japan, Philippines OK strategic talks between forces amid China rise

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro agreed Monday to establish a strategic dialogue between Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the Philippine military, amid security challenges posed by China.Nakatani said at a joint press event after his meeting with Teodoro in Manila that they also agreed to set up a high-level framework to promote further defense equipment and technology cooperation."With the increasingly severe security environment, we firmly agreed on the need to elevate defense cooperation to a higher level," the Japanese defense chief s…READ FULL ARTICLE