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Japan and the Philippines will discuss security issues in Manila next week amid Beijing’s growing aggression in the South China Sea.Japan’s foreign minister, Yoko Kamikawa, and defense minister, Minoru Kihara, will meet their Philippine counterparts, Enrique Manalo and Gilberto Teodoro, on July 8.During the Foreign and Defense Ministers Meeting, also known as the 2+2 meeting, the four officials ar