Japan to Join Balikatan 2012

[balipseyev]

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Japan is considering giving patrol boats to the Philippines as part of its official development assistance (ODA) to help its Asian neighbor boost maritime security in the East China Sea in line with the policy taken by the United States.

Japan is expected to urge the Philippines to formally file a request for the patrol vessels during a vice-ministerial "strategic" dialogue to be held in Tokyo on March 23. The Philippines faces China across the South China Sea, and Washington has been stepping up its military support for Manila. Under these circumstances, Japan plans to fall in line with the United States to help the Philippines improve its maritime security.

Japan started to consider giving patrol boats in the form of ODA after it was sounded out by the Philippines about the assistance. After receiving a formal request from the Philippines, Japan will dispatch a team of researchers from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and accelerate *****eral talks aimed at reaching an agreement on the extension of the ODA by the end of this year.

Japan considers giving patrol boats to Philippines to help boost marine security - The Mainichi Daily News

[7DMM]

^^^probably for the coasties

[elvandesantos]

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

thats hearsays... even ang national geographic wala gyud nka conclude naa bah

[elvandesantos]

Japan considers giving patrol boats to Philippines to help boost marine security - The Mainichi Daily News

japan is banned from exporting military stuff.. even donating military stuff. i hope mausab nah sya, theyre planning or i think na implement naman gani an ilang pag retire sah mga 20year old aegis.. kana lang unta

so if mo donate sila its probably armless though para d ma tawag og military hardware. research ship perhaps?

[Hitchiker]

Well, if they are not into recovering back the hidden loot, then the Japs sure are giving us a headstart in providing valuable military strategies/information. The Japs have more experience since they were here during WWII. The Phl is the gateway to Asia, and if war breaks out, our country will once again take the center-stage. Manila then, was the Paris of Asia; it was so heavily bombed you'd think a nuclear bomb was also dropped there. And if you saw pictures from before the war you would not believe it was taken from our country. So, I say we should ramp up military spending or risk being casualties of war.

[machinecult]

Kung mahitabo ni di first time since World War II ang Japanese military function overseas? Unsa naman ang update ani?

[b1 huck]

ni daghan ang ni join sa balikan kay siguro daghan nipanig ug nalooy sa philippines.

[æRLO]

Kung mahitabo ni di first time since World War II ang Japanese military function overseas? Unsa naman ang update ani?

the JSDF has already operated outside Japan as relief and peacekeeping force. They were there in the reconstruction of Iraq and several missions before then.