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Japanese Coast Guard vessel arrives in Manila for joint exercise

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — A Japanese Coast Guard vessel has arrived in Manila for a joint exercise, though the Philippine Coast Guard says it wasn’t timed to coincide with a tribunal’s ruling on manila’s case against china’s claims in the South China Sea. Commander armand balilo, the philippine coast guard’s spokesman, said the Japanese vessel PHL02 Tsugaru docked at Manila’s south harbor on Monday. Some 50 Japanese and 70 Filipino coast guard personnel will […]