The country has been gradually expanding military cooperation with the U.S., Japan, and Beijing-claimed Taiwan.

The Japan Self-Defense Force has missed its recruitment goal for the last several years and is struggling to meet those goals ...

PCSD Executive Director Teodoro Jose Matta has said the area near Pag-Asa Island was determined to be a "no-touch zone" by the state and bars any human activity there. A biologist from the Palawan ...