Japan is to supply patrol boats and aircraft to the Philippines in the latest step by international powers to counter Chinese expansion in Asia’s seas.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, and Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines president, struck a deal yesterday for Tokyo to provide two large patrol vessels and loan up to five used TC-90 unarmed surveillance planes.
The agreement marks another step in attempts by Japan and other powers to check China’s growing maritime ambitions by creating a chain of regional allies committed to the status quo and the “rule of law” at sea.
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