Japan to Join Balikatan 2012

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What would be shocking if naay BALIKATAN between US , NORTH VIETNAM and KOREA hehehehe . Kana diha ma shock ang PRC .

pwede pud ky ally naman daw kono ron ang former enemy sa US

Former enemies US, Vietnam now military allies - Taipei Times

[ironmack08]

i wanna see this...i hope the japanese will bring robots to join the combat exercises...hehehe....bitaw nindot ni...it shows that the philippines is not alone...and cant be taken for granted....what ever the result of this...im prepared to fight for the country....hehehe

[æRLO]

pwede pud ky ally naman daw kono ron ang former enemy sa US

Former enemies US, Vietnam now military allies - Taipei Times

Taud2x naman guro nang strong relations sa U.S. ug Vietnam, Tonkin and the horrors of the 60s are all just fading nightmares. Besides, Uncle Ho's principles we're not really anti-west or anti-American, he just wanted independence for Vietnam.

[lhorenzoo]

Japan prepares defences against N. Korean rocket | Breaking News

Japan prepares defences against N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, March 23, 2012 (AFP) - Japan on Friday readied its missile defence systems to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens the country, as the UN chief warned that next month's launch could jeopardise food aid.

"I have ordered officials to prepare to deploy the PAC-3 and Aegis warships," Japan's Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka told reporters, referring to surface-to-air missiles and destroyers carrying missiles.

The nuclear-armed North has announced it will launch a rocket in mid-April to put a satellite into orbit, a move that the United States, South Korea and other nations see as a pretext for a long-range missile test banned by the UN.

The move by North Korea's new leadership has set off alarm bells across the region. The Philippines is calling for help from the United States to monitor the rocket, part of which is expected to land off the archipelago.


Amid mounting tensions, North Korea's main ally China urged that "all parties should keep calm and exercise restraint", while a special adviser to US President Barack Obama warned any launch will generate a "strong response."

"If they go ahead anyway, we will want to work with our allies and partners for a strong response," Gary Samore, arms control coordinator at the National Security Council, told South Korea's Yonhap news agency in an interview.

The preparations by Japan, regularly the target of North Korean barbs, come as world leaders including Obama prepare to meet in Seoul for a summit officially focused on nuclear terrorism.

The North's atomic programme is expected to be the subject of discussion at the talks on Monday and Tuesday, which are also to be attended by the leaders of China, Japan and Russia.


Leading North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Friday again blasted the upcoming summit as a "burlesque" and part of a South Korean smear campaign.

It said Seoul's rulers hope to use the event to escalate the "nuclear racket" against the North and moves for a war against it.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who plans to raise the rocket launch at the Seoul summit, said any launch could discourage international aid donors and worsen North Korea's already dire humanitarian situation.

"Such an act would undermine recent positive diplomatic progress and, in its effect on international donors, would likely worsen the humanitarian situation inside the country," he said in a speech in Singapore.

Japan's surface-to-air interceptors would reportedly be deployed on the southern island chain of Okinawa, over which Tokyo said the projectile may pass.

In a notice to the UN's International Maritime Organisation, North Korea has said the first stage of the rocket will fall in international waters between China and South Korea.

The second stage is expected to splash down just 190 kilometres (118 miles) east of the northern Philippines.

North Korea insists it has the right to conduct what it calls a peaceful satellite launch.


But Ban, a South Korean, said the rocket flight would be a "clear violation" of UN Security Council resolutions and warned that the North already has a "serious humanitarian crisis" on its hands.

The United States voiced doubt last week over whether it could provide its own food aid to Pyongyang if it followed through on the launch, after an apparent breakthrough deal with North Korea last month.

Washington had said it would deliver 240,000 tonnes of food aid to the North, which remains hampered by food shortages after a devastating famine in the 1990s.

In return, Pyongyang agreed to a partial freeze on its nuclear programme, to suspend missile and nuclear tests, and allow the return of UN atomic inspectors.

The Japanese defence minister, who met with US ambassador John Roos late Thursday, said the two sides "reconfirmed to further strengthen Japan-US cooperation, especially on the North Korean issue".

South Korea and Japan's nuclear envoys held talks in Seoul Friday over possible steps to take if the launch goes ahead, Yonhap news agency quoted a South Korean foreign ministry official as saying.

In 2009 Japan ordered missile-defence preparations before Pyongyang's last long-range rocket launch, which brought UN Security Council condemnation and tightened sanctions against the isolated communist state.

That rocket, which North Korea said was also aimed at putting a satellite into orbit, passed over Japanese territory without incident or any attempt to shoot it down.



the communist north is again making ripples.

[Hitchiker]

Are there no hidden agenda about japan coming back to the Philippines? Like retrieving some of the hidden loot from the last world war they've left behind.

[SioDenz]

Are there no hidden agenda about japan coming back to the Philippines? Like retrieving some of the hidden loot from the last world war they've left behind.

hagbay rang nakuha sa Japan ang majority 'Loot' imung gi ingun bro, panahon pang Marcos. first term pa niya grabe ang Projects atu para sa mga roads, bridges, schools, health centers, irrigation facilities, and urban beautification projects - Which is ang partner niya atu kay Japanese govt. Ang sideline atu nga project kay para makuha tanan nalubong.

[elvandesantos]

you got a source for that bro? or just mere hearsay sah mga katigulangan?

[crazy_monkey]

wow! this is good news! i think..

[pacifico]

This means SEA is in big trouble..

[SioDenz]

you got a source for that bro? or just mere hearsay sah mga katigulangan?

National Geographic.

Also my uncle isa sa mga worker sa highway construction sa Mindanao, bukid sa border sa agusan norte ug misamis. Wala jud siya kita gold per se, but kita siya nga naay nakuha sa ibabaw sa bungtod which is layu ra kaayu sa Highway nga gi construct, gi adtuan ug 1 ka company nga military. if tinuod to iyang istorya, murag mao nato