AUSTRALIA has increased its civil maritime investment in the Philippines to P656 million over Canberra's concern over the pattern of dangerous and aggressive conduct by China in the region.

The Australian and Japanese ambassadors to the Philippines on Wednesday expressed their respective countries' continued support for the Philippines amid China's aggression in the West Philippine Sea.

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