Tokyo, Feb. 20 -- Japan and the Philippines are likely to establish a new framework for consultations between their defense authorities with a view to exporting defence equipment from Japan to the Philippines, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported on February 19 as citing Japanese government sources.

Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani is expected to visit Manila from February 22 and reach an agreement with Philippine Secretary of National Defence Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on the envisaged framework. The establishment of this new framework aims to strengthen Japan-Philippines defence cooperation.

Japan's first export of completed defence equipment was of air surveillance radar systems to the Philippines in 2023. Japan is considering exporti...