To help address that, Tokyo in April said it would offer like-minded countries military aid, including radars, that the officials said would help the Philippines plug defensive gaps.
One, however, said the aid effort was a Japanese initiative and not anything the United States had pressed for.
The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs said it was not immediately able to comment on security aid from Japan or hosting Japanese troops.
LOOSENING THE RULESThe scope of Japanese military aid is limited by a self-imposed ban on lethal equipment exports.
But he said Japan and the United States are treading carefully in trilateral talks with the Philippines.
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