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Japan has deployed 420 Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to the Philippines for the Balikatan 2026 exercises, marking its first full-scale military participation on Philippine soil since WWII. This move, facilitated by the recently enacted Reciprocal Access Agreement, underscores a burgeoning trilateral security alignment between Washington, Tokyo, and Manila.
