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Japanese parliament approves defence cooperation agreement with Philippines

The agreement eases restrictions on the movement of personnel between the two nations' forces to facilitate joint drills and disaster relief operations, making the Philippines Japan's third RAA partner after Australia and the UK.

Philippine Secretary of National Defense (DND) Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (right, sitting) and then Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko (left, sitting) sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement in Malacañ Palace on July 8, 2024. (Photo: Manila Bulletin)
Philippine Secretary of National Defense (DND) Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (right, sitting) and then Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko (left, sitting) sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement in Malacañ Palace on July 8, 2024. (Photo: Manila Bulletin)

Hanoi (VNA) - Japan’s National Diet (parliament) on June 6 approved the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) with the Philippines, allowing the deployment of forces on each other’s territories.

The agreement is expected to further strengthen defence cooperation between the two countries amid growing uncertainties in the Indo-Pacific region.

The agreement eases restrictions on the movement of personnel between the two nations' forces to facilitate joint drills and disaster relief operations, making the Philippines Japan's third RAA partner after Australia and the UK.

Japan and the Philippines signed this agreement in July last year during the 2+2 Security Dialogue between the two countries’ Foreign and Defence Ministers, held in the Philippines./.

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