Japan, the Philippine's top source of aid, claimed it was likewise discussing with Manila the lease of surveillance aircraft in order,to help its under-equipped coast guard.
The new vessels and also planes are on top of,10 coast guard ships that Tokyo vowed to the former President Benigno Aquino III.
However, Japan and also China are locked in a,long-running dispute over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, while Manila and Beijing,have overlapping cases in the South China Sea.
"We are speaking concerning big-sized, 90-meter (295-foot) long vessels. We are additionally talking about the possibility of leasing aircraft designed for training. They are security airplane," Masato Ohtaka, deputy press secretary for Japan's international ministry, told press reporters in Manila.
A UN-backed tribunal last month declined,Beijing's claims to most of the South China Sea which get to near the shores of the Philippines as well as other Southeast Asian countries.
Ohtaka claimed the new ships were among,subjects reviewed by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and also President Rodrigo Duterte on,Thursday in the southerly Philippine city of Davao.
Duterte said Thursday night he told Kishida,regarding his "soft landing" method to taking care of China complying with the tribunal's decision.
“(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.
source: gmanetwork
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