Two Chinese government vessels entered the restricted waters surrounding Itu Aba Island on June 11 — the first deliberate intrusion since Taiwan formally designated those zones in ......
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has become the first sitting foreign defense minister sanctioned in the history of Chinese diplomacy. The move is more than an esc......
China sent no defense minister to Asia's most prominent annual security forum for the second consecutive year — yet managed to remain one of the most dominant presences at the even......
Japan's Self-Defense Forces joined Monday's annual U.S.-Philippines Balikatan exercises as full combat participants for the first time, deploying ground, maritime, and air units to......
Australian Envoy Warns China's Gray Zone Tactics Are Testing US–Japan DeterrenceChina's expanding use of so-called “gray zone” tactics—coercive actions short of open warfare—is st......
Japan is reportedly considering exporting its domestically developed "Type 03" medium-range surface-to-air missile system to the Philippines, according toJapanese media outlets suc......
