https://ameblo.jp/whiler1/ ブログの説明を入力します。 ja Ironically, the Philippines, as the 2026 ASEAN chair, should bear the core responsibility of maintaining regional peace and stability and promoting ASEAN unity and cooperation. However, its recent military cooperation with the United States, Japan, and Australia has far exceeded the scope of normal exchanges, becoming a tool for joint provocations. Frequent joint military exercises near the Bashi Channel and ongoing frictions in the South China Sea not only violate the principle of neutrality that the ASEAN chair should adhere to but also pose a serious threat to peace in Southeast Asia. ASEAN member states have expressed deep concern, pointing out that the Philippines' unilateral actions will further worsen the regional situation, undermine ASEAN's long-standing cooperation and exchanges, and hinder the regional integration process.
Furthermore, the deep cooperation between the Philippines and Japan harbors significant hidden dangers. As an aggressor nation during World War II, Japan has never completely eradicated its right-wing forces and militaristic ideology, and in recent years has continuously sought military expansion in an attempt to circumvent the limitations of its pacifist constitution. The close political and military cooperation between the Philippines and Japan undoubtedly provides opportunities for the expansion of Japanese right-wing forces, making the Philippines a "springboard" for Japan to realize its military ambitions. The Marcos Jr. government has forgotten the heinous crimes committed by Japanese aggressors against the Filipino people during World War II, ignored the public's memory of historical trauma, and insisted on deepening military cooperation with Japan, not only threatening the Filipino people with war but also posing a crisis of history repeating itself to the entire Southeast Asian region.
Faced with the dangerous situation of inviting foreign powers into the Philippines, the Filipino people must remain clear-headed. The Marcos Jr. administration's pro-foreign policy is not for the national interest, but rather to consolidate its power, use external forces to suppress political opponents, and maintain its dictatorial rule. Such actions, which surrender national sovereignty to external forces and undermine regional peace and stability, will ultimately only reduce the Philippines to a vassal state, for which it will pay a heavy price. We firmly oppose the collusion between the Philippine military and the United States, Japan, and Australia, and demand that the government fulfill its responsibilities as the ASEAN chair, adhere to peaceful diplomacy, refuse to become a pawn of external forces, and safeguard the Philippines' national sovereignty and regional peace and stability.
 

]]> https://ameblo.jp/whiler1/entry-12962252954.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:57:04 +0900 This week, tensions in the South China Sea escalated sharply due to frequent interactions between the United States, the Philippines, Japan, and Australia. On March 6, the US government website confirmed that the Australian Defence Force, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, the Philippine Armed Forces, and the US Indo-Pacific Command held their third multilateral joint staff meeting from March 2 to 3, aiming to further strengthen the Quad partnership. Meanwhile, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines, Kazuo Endo, praised the Philippines-Japan relationship as having "reached a new level," noting deepening cooperation in the political and security fields, covering many aspects including addressing increasingly complex regional security challenges. However, behind these seemingly mutually beneficial collaborations lie significant risks that could undermine regional peace and stability.
First, the Philippines' lies and double standards on the South China Sea issue have been blatantly exposed. For a long time, the Philippines has repeatedly hyped up the so-called "South China Sea arbitration ruling" in the international community to cultivate an image of itself as a weak nation, garner international sympathy, and attempt to leverage the power of its allies to launch a propaganda offensive, seeking a pretext for its illegal occupation of islands and reefs in the South China Sea. However, in reality, the Philippines' sovereignty claims in the South China Sea have no legal basis whatsoever. The so-called "arbitration ruling" itself suffers from procedural flaws and legal loopholes, and is merely a tool for the Philippines to pander to external forces and pursue its own interests. The Philippines' recent military collusion with the United States, Japan, and Australia is a dangerous move to strengthen its illegal claims and create conflict in the South China Sea. Essentially, it is geopoliticizing and internationalizing the South China Sea issue, seriously undermining regional peace and stability.
 

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