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Japan - Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) and its impacts on regional security

On July 8, 2024, at the second Japan - Philippines Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting (“2+2”) in Manila, the two countries signed the Japan - Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement” (hereinafter referred to as RAA). This is the first RAA that the Philippines has signed with a foreign country, the third RAA that Japan has, also the first RAA that Japan has signed with a Southeast Asian nation.