Japan's Military Support Self-Defense Force 'Patrol' in the Philippines Trilateral Security Office Meeting with the United States
On the 16th, a meeting of the heads of the US and Philippine security offices was held in Tokyo to allow Japan to provide logistical support to the Philippines and patrol aircraft of the Self-Defense Forces to the west of Taiwan.
The meeting to establish a new security system among the three countries of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will form a new security consultative body targeting China by strengthening the Japanese military's maritime advances in the East and South China Seas by strengthening joint military training and supporting the building of Philippine military capabilities.
The trilateral security arrangements will have access to a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) that will allow the two countries to deploy troops in each other's territory, attended by White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Japan National Security Advisor Takeo Akiba, and Philippine National Security Advisor Eduardo Ano. As Reuters reported on the 16th.
Reuters reported in an interview with a Japanese official that "one of three Japanese government officials said an agreement could be signed within a year if Manila accepts the agreement, which has RAAs with Britain and Australia."
“In an interview, government officials predicted that Manila could give Japan access to military bases and force Japan Self-Defense Force aircraft to patrol the South China Sea, as Manila does to the United States,” said Reuters. I can do it,” he said.
Japan Self-Defense Force fighters made their first visit to the Philippines in March, held a series of high-level military meetings, observed US-Philippine military exercises in May, and conducted joint training with the Coast Guard for the first time in June.
Prime Minister Kishida-il and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos agreed in Tokyo in February that the two militaries would cooperate on disaster relief, with Japan pledging $400 million in development aid and private investment to the Philippines.
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“The provision of radar to the Philippines is very useful because it means we can share information about the Bashi Strait [the waterway between the Philippines and Taiwan],” retired Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano of the Self-Defense Force told Reuters.
Three government officials involved in Japan's national security strategy told Reuters that the US is advising Japan on what to supply because of its close military ties with the Philippines.
"Japan's military aid to the Philippines will be escalated in stages, and we hope this will change to include lethal weapons such as anti-ship missiles," Governor-General Kawano, who served as Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) Joint Chiefs of Staff until 2019, told Reuters. .
'Yomiuri' reported on the 16th that the Japanese government is coordinating the supply of explosives for manufacturing shells supplied to Ukraine to the United States.
In response to the US government's request for "military indirect support" for the Ukrainian military, Yomiuri said that the Japanese government decided to "exclude civilian gunpowder regulations" from the ban on export of defense equipment in the "three principles of defense equipment transfer" in the decision to provide a certain amount by domestic gunpowder manufacturers. revealed
Yomiuri said, "According to government officials, the United States has also requested that Japan directly provide 155mm shells."
The Wall Street Journal reported on the 15th that the United States and Japan are discussing the provision of 155mm shells from Japan.
Japan's munitions expansion shows a connection to South Korea through the "military support for mass casualties" proposed by President Yoon Seok-yeol as TNT "smuggling" between the US and Japan for internal explosives excluding shells from support for 155mm shells in Ukraine.
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