Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (bottom) delivers a speech in the presence of Philippine Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (L) and Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez at the House of Representative in Quezon City on November 4, 2023. Japan and the Philippines said on November 3, 2023 they will start negotiations for a defence pact that would allow the countries to deploy troops on each other's territory. (Photo by Aaron Favila / POOL / AFP)