Manila, May 6 -- Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday night said the Philippines can now buy military weapons from the Japanese aside from acquiring these through transfers, as Tokyo eases up its restrictions on the transfer of its defense equipment and technology.

"Pero ngayon puwede rin tayong bumili ng defense equipment sa kanila kasi hindi na sila constrained mag-transfer. Pero may guidelines iyan. Kailangan aligned ang bansa sa kanila at nangingilala ng parehong prinsipyo sa ilalim ng international law (But now, we also buy defense equipment from them as they are no longer constrained to transfer. But there are guidelines and the countries should be aligned and recognize the same principles ...