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Japan plans to give patrol boats to Manila

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PHILIPPINES, Manila : Philippine President Benigno Aquino (R) hands over a document to Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) during his courtesy call in Malacanang Palace in Manila on January 10, 2013. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida called on January 10 for stronger ties with the Philippines to help ensure regional peace, amid tense territorial disputes by both countries with a rising China. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTOThe Nikkei Business Daily reported that Japan plans to donate an unspecified number of patrol boats to the Philippines, with each boat costing $11 million each. Both Japan and the Philippines are in separate territorial disputes with China, with Japan having a dispute over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea and the Philippines having a row with several Southeast Asian countries over parts of the South China Sea. The donation of patrol boats would appear to strengthen ties between the two countries in addition to helping to maintain the peace.


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