MANILA/TOKYO -- The Philippines and Japan are set to elevate their security partnership when their defense and foreign ministers hold a crucial "two-plus-two" meeting in Manila on Monday amid worsening tensions between the Southeast Asian country and China in the South China Sea.
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The defense and foreign ministers of the Philippines and Japan are holding a "two-plus-two" meeting in Manila on July 8. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Kyodo)
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