US-Philippines Balikatan Exercises Launch Amid Middle East Tensions; First Large-Scale Japan Participation
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Thousands of US and Philippine troops began the Balikatan exercises near the South China Sea. Notably, 1,400 Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel joined, marking their first large-scale participation in live-fire drills.