Manila- Japan to give two new ships to the Philippines, to increase its capacity to guard its water against the Chinese, with the disputed island.
Japan, one of Philippines' allies, was discussing in Manila and said they would also grant a surveillance aircraft for the coastguards.
This is still Tokyo's promised to former Benigno Aquino III for the new on top vessels and planes before.
However, countries Japan and China had also a long time dispute regarding the islets in the East China Sea, while Philippines and the latter disputed the South China Sea.
Deputy press secretary, Masato Ohtaka said, "We are talking about big-sized, 90-meter (295-foot) long vessels. We are also discussing the possibility of leasing aircraft designed for training. They are surveillance aircraft."
Those pledged vessels by Japan are the discussed topic of Fumio Kishida the Japanese Foreign Minister and President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday in Davao.
Duterte said he told Kishida about his "soft landing" approach to dealing with China following the tribunal's decision on Thursday.
"(I don't want) to start hostilities at this time of our lives and he said Japan would do the same. They just want dialogue. They do not want further incursions," Duterte said.
The deputy press secretary said that Duterte and Kishida was also discussing about $2.4 billion loan of Japan for a new railway in Manila to ease the unending traffic.
Ohtaka explained, "This is one of the biggest projects Japan has ever embarked upon using the yen loan."
Japan also discussed about building a railway system in Mindanao to Duterte, which a project already offered first by China, Ohtaka added.
source: gmanetwork