Analysis: Japan hopes to shore up Philippines’ defence amid Taiwan conflict fears

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[1/2] Members of the Philippine, Japan, South Korea, and U.S. Marines carry national flags during the opening ceremony of the joint military exercises Kamandag or the “Cooperation of the Warriors of the Sea,” at the headquarters of Philippine Marine Corps, in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines,... Read more TOKYO, June 16 (Reuters) - Japan is preparing military aid for the Philippines to help secure sea approaches and safeguard Taiwan's western flank, officials say, deepening security ties that could bring Japanese forces back there for the first time since World War Two. As it steps back from decades of pacifism, Tokyo...