Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China's maritime expansion, ...

The export plan involves six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts in service by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for more ...

Japan is in talks with the Philippines over a potential transfer of used navy destroyers and training aircraft, as part of ...

Japanese Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro agreed to the ...

Japan plans to export used Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to strengthen the Philippines' maritime defense against China's ...

Tokyo-based newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun" reported that the governments of Japan and the Philippines have reached an agreement ...

Strategy will treat the East and South China seas as a unified theatre of operations as regional allies align against Beijing ...

Japan will export used destroyers to the Philippines, Reuters reported, citing Japan's Yomiuri newspaper on Sunday, to ...

Sending the Abukuma-class vessels to Manila would mark Tokyo’s first export of an entire major naval platform in decades.