Japan defense chief visits 2 Luzon bases

Japan defense chief visits 2 Luzon bases

Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani  —Photo by JIJI Press/AFP SAN FERNANDO, LA UNION, Philippines — Japan’s Defense Minister Gen Nakatani is in the Philippines for his first official visit to the country since taking office in October, as part of efforts to reinforce bilateral ties between the two countries amid China’s intensifying military activities in the region. Nakatani visited Wallace Air Station here on Sunday, where mobile and fixed …

Japan's defense minister visits air surveillance radar on PH military base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani visited a military base in La Union province, north of the Philippines capital Manila, on Sunday.

Teodoro, Japanese counterpart tour Luzon military bases

MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. toured Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani around military bases and facilities in Luzon on Sunday, highlighting the growing ties between the two countries. "Minister Nakatani was given a briefing and [a] guided tour of the operational capabilities and ongoing defense initiatives at Basa Air Base [in Floridablanca, Pampanga]," Assistant Secretary Arsenio Andolong, spokesman of the D…