Defense ministers from Japan and the Philippines have agreed to begin talks on weapons transfers that would allow Tokyo to send used destroyers and other military equipment to the Philippines’ military.
The agreement was made on May 5, during a Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Manila, the Philippines, between Japanese Minister of Defense Koizumi Shinjiro and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense said in a post on X that Koizumi and Teodoro signed the Statement on Further Promotion of Defense Equipment and Technology Cooperation and agreed to establish a working group on the transfer of materiel, including Abukuma-class destroyers and TC‑90 patrol aircraft….
Japan, Philippines Agree to Begin Talks on Weapons Transfers
