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Japan-Philippines Defence Pact: Countering the Dragon, championing new dynamics in South China Sea
Japan and the Philippines signed a key defence pact on July 8, 2024, that has brought about dynamism in the regional and global politics surrounding the South China Sea dispute and addressed a belligerent China at the helm. Starting with last year’s visit …