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Print this article Two key American allies in the Indo-Pacific region are launching their first joint air force exercises as the United States seeks to assemble a coalition to counter threats from China. “As a strategic partner and friend of the Philippines, we hope that our bilateral training will contribute to further strengthen the cooperation between our two Air Forces,” Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Mizuno Masaki said Thursday in a statement released by the Japanese Embassy in Manila. Japan is emerging as an entrepreneurial power in a burgeoning “alliance of democracies” that U.S. officials hope will help deter a war with China. The four-day exercise will focus on “humanitarian assistance and disaster relief,” but the unprecedented drills reflect Tokyo’s alarm about Beijing’s growing military power and aggression in territorial disputes with neighbors not only Japan but also with the Philippines, where President Rodrigo Duterte has tried to develop a wa

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