The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. The Philippines takes its name from Philip II, who was king of Spain during the Spanish colonization of the islands in the 16th century.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. It borders the Sea of Japan to the west, the Pacific Ocean to the east, and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south.