Japanese Military Bases here in RP?

[bleedingboi]

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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/aquino-beg...030722789.html

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Philippines and Japan are to start talks on allowing Japanese military aircraft and naval vessels to use bases in the Philippines for refueling and picking up supplies, enabling them to extend their patrol range deep into the South China Sea, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said."We will be starting discussion on this," Aquino said at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday during a state visit to Japan.
Japan is considering joint air patrols with the United States in the South China Sea, sources told Reuters in April, in response to China's increasingly assertive push for influence as it builds air strips and other man-made islands in the disputed waters.
A Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), would clear the way for the Japanese military to use Philippines' bases on a rotational basis, similar to the way the U.S. does now. An ability to refuel close to the South China Sea would allow Japan's Self Defense Forces to keep their aircraft on patrol longer and cover a greater distance.
The decision to start talks on a VFA was not included in a joint statement on Thursday after Aquino met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The two leaders, however, discussed the VFA and agreed to open up negotiations, a source with knowledge of the meeting told Reuters. He declined to be identified because he is not authorized to talk to the media.
Aquino's trip comes as the two countries deepen their security ties. Unable to match the scale of the Chinese fleet, Manila is looking for allies in its territorial spat with China. Tokyo is concerned that Chinese land reclamation projects in the South China Sea will expand Beijing's influence in a region through which about $5 trillion of sea-borne trade passes annually, much of it heading to and from Japan.
In an interview in January, Admiral Robert Thomas, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, told Reuters that Washington would welcome Japanese air patrols there because their presence would provide a stabilizing counterweight to a growing fleet of Chinese fishing and naval vessels.

[kit_cebu]

ally man gani ta, pabutang ug base diri oi...
naa sauna, pero gipa-pahawa...nya "ally" gihapon ta ato after...baga'ag nawng sa nagpapahawa...
karon kay na-threaten na, manggawas napod storya nga okay napod ta pabutang base...pastilan...

pa-occupy tas mga kano or hapon oi para ma-preso/pugutan ni'g ulo ning mga kawatan nga politiko nato...

[clamshell]

daghang malipay aning mga boriring. Lapad ang wawarts. sa WWII, hapa kai naai Hapon, karon kai hayang kai naai Hapon!!!

[<SMILE>]

If they will do then it is because it suits their own interest, they are now developing a united front against china. I think I will agree if Japanese would dominate this hemisphere instead of china in terms of economy. china is way too ugly after it unmasked itself revealing it's true face.

[bleedingboi]

china is way too ugly after it unmasked itself revealing it's true face.

Sakto. Dghan raba chicks sa Japanese Military.


"To my pinoy fans, ipa-stay ko dha be."

[<SMILE>]

Sakto. Dghan raba chicks sa Japanese Military.


"To my pinoy fans, ipa-stay ko dha be."

OT: Ayawg sukol ana Boss,
kay maniani unya imong nawong, payter ra ba kaayo na.


ONT: I know priority gyud sa china ang iyang main problem, pero sa Japan, nag-kinahanglan pa na sila ug labor force, ako nadunggan dwindling na ang working age population nila karon. I'm sure they will just bring in technology, expertise, and investments to Asian countries that they wish to make business with.

[bleedingboi]

OT: Ayawg sukol ana Boss,
kay maniani unya imong nawong, payter ra ba kaayo na.


ONT: I know priority gyud sa china ang iyang main problem, pero sa Japan, nag-kinahanglan pa na sila ug labor force, ako nadunggan dwindling na ang working age population nila karon. I'm sure they will just bring in technology, expertise, and investments to Asian countries that they wish to make business with.

Dili man ako. Dghan mga manyakis dri sa forum nga musugot patyon inig ka ugma makatilaw lang ni Ozawa. Nanga2log pa ang mga kanahan or nanimba.

[C'thulhu]

Maybe we will start seeing chopper like these...



First and foremost, people tend to forget that we are ultimately the only ones responsible for the defense of our nation...

"A people unwilling to fight and die for the motherland do not deserve to keep it."

[<SMILE>]

Dili man ako. Dghan mga manyakis dri sa forum nga musugot patyon inig ka ugma makatilaw lang ni Ozawa. Nanga2log pa ang mga kanahan or nanimba.

OT: Aw dili na lang ka modayon ug stay dire, sila na lang.

[lstorya]

Maybe we will start seeing chopper like these...



First and foremost, people tend to forget that we are ultimately the only ones responsible for the defense of our nation...

"A people unwilling to fight and die for the motherland do not deserve to keep it."

So I ask this, can we realistically defend the nation from foreign threat without any external help? Including the UN?