West PH Sea

West PH Sea: Japan pivots Indo-Pacific strategy toward Southeast Asia Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced an updated version of her country’s regional strategy in Vietnam last weekend, underlining Tokyo’s growing reliance on Southeast Asia at a time of intensifying great-power rivalry.   Takaichi met her Vietnamese counterpart, Le Minh Hung, on Saturday in Hanoi, where the two leaders oversaw the signing of six cooperation agreements, including on disaster-resilient

West PH Sea: Navy monitors 62 Chinese vessels in April MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) monitored 62 Chinese naval and coast guard vessels across key features in the West Philippine Sea in April, as part of continued maritime surveillance operations within the country’s exclusive economic zone. AFP spokesperson for West Philippine Sea Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad (Res.) said the