US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to hold South China Sea exercises
MANILA -Defence forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct"maritime cooperative activity" on April 7 to support a free and open Indo-Pacific, the countries said on Saturday, amid China's growing assertiveness in the waterway.
"They will go from south going to the north encompassing the boundary of western and northern command," he said. The maritime activity takes place days before a summit between the leaders of Japan, the U.S. and the Philippines, which will include a discussion of recent incidents in the South China Sea.
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