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Philippines Asks Japan for Help Amid China Dispute

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The Philippines sought coast guard patrol ships and communications equipment from Japan to much better secure the country 's territory in conferences on Thursday of their top diplomats, who showed alarm over their countries ' territorial problems with China. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Japan would consider giving 10 patrol vessels and an interactions system to Manila's coast guard, including his talks with his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, additionally dealt with ways to strengthen trade, financial investments, tourism and maritime safety teamwork. Japan has wrangled with China over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Japan manages the territory, which are additionally declared by China and Taiwan. Stress over the tiny islands intensified after Tokyo bought them from their Japanese exclusive owners in September, prompting Chinese protesters to hold exhibitions and boycott Japanese items.

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Albert del Rosario

Overall Sentiment: -0.233256

Relevance: 0.937708

SentimentQuote
-0.13473Del Rosario said he and Kishida expressed "mutual concern" ...
-0.227334"I think we all understand that the assertions being made by China in terms of their nine-dash line claim, for example ... pose threats to the stability of the region," del Rosario said, ...
-0.255892"We also need to be able to address the possibility that the freedom of navigation would be adversely impacted," del Rosario told ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.617956
  • Mean: -0.20598533333333
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Fumio Kishida

Overall Sentiment: 0.212758

Relevance: 0.423231

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Additional Info:

Country: China

Overall Sentiment: -0.379573

Relevance: 0.903799

Country: Japan

Overall Sentiment: -0.0660732

Relevance: 0.56528

Disambiguation: Location | GovernmentalJurisdiction | Kingdom | MilitaryPostReferences:

Country: Philippines

Overall Sentiment: -0.464373

Relevance: 0.552932

GeographicFeature: South China Sea

Overall Sentiment: -0.0830779

Relevance: 0.563018

GeographicFeature: East China Sea

Overall Sentiment: -0.409324

Relevance: 0.409429

Continent: Asia

Overall Sentiment: -0.388935

Relevance: 0.353973

Disambiguation: Location | FieldOfStudyReferences:

City: Tokyo

Overall Sentiment: -0.0444147

Relevance: 0.333047

Disambiguation: AdministrativeDivision | JapanesePrefecture | OlympicHostCity | PlaceWithNeighborhoodsReferences:

Organization: Philippine government

Overall Sentiment: 0.231963

Relevance: 0.305183

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