MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. toured Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani around military bases and facilities in Luzon on Sunday, highlighting the growing ties between the two countries.

"Minister Nakatani was given a briefing and [a] guided tour of the operational capabilities and ongoing defense initiatives at Basa Air Base [in Floridablanca, Pampanga]," Assistant Secretary Arsenio Andolong, spokesman of the Department of National Defense, said in a statement.

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