President Aquino on Thursday expressed the view that a stronger Japan would be a counterweight to the "threatening" presence of China in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), foreign officials said at the close of a two-day visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumiou Kishida. In his first foreign trip as top diplomat since last month's election of hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kishida met with President Aquino at Malacañang after discussions with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario. At a joint briefing with Del Rosario, Kishida called for stronger ties with the Philippines to help ensure regional peace, amid tense territorial disputes by both...
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