Japan moves toward exporting surplus destroyers to Philippines

With wary eye on China, the two sides agree to start working-level talks Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, left, with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro in Manilla on May 5. (Photo by Yuki Fujita) TOKYO/MANILA — Defense chiefs from Japan and the Philippines agreed Tuesday to formally begin discussions toward exporting surplus Japanese naval vessels to the Southeast Asian country.

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