'PH-US-Japan triad distorting WPS security

THE Philippine-US-Japan "triad" is creating "distortions" and "warping" the security situation in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS), a Manila-based think tank said on Tuesday.

Herman Tiu Laurel, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute president, said that the tensions in the disputed territories are "exponentially heightened" as the latest affront to China is the inclusion of its World War II nemesis, Japan, in the joint maritime patrols.