A Newsweek map highlights these emerging links ... awaits approval by Japan's legislature. The Philippines has also expanded its partnership with South Korea, which recently elevated relations ...

Japan’s expanded military ties with the Philippines are a logical progression of its ties to the United States. “Politics ...

See a brief timeline of the American experience during World War II in the Philippines below. Early January: The Japanese occupy Manila. U.S. forces retreat south into the Bataan peninsula.

US Navy USS Shoup (DDG86), left, and Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) frigate JS Noshiro manuever during the Philippines United States Japan Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity ...