TOKYO/MANILA, Rajab 19, 1436, May 8, 2015, SPA -- Japan and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval drill this month in the South China Sea, Reuters cited sources in Tokyo and the Philippines as saying. The May 12 maritime safety exercise, which will practise the code for unplanned encounters at sea, known as CUES, is part of an agreement signed by Japan and the Philippines in January aimed at tightening security cooperation. --SPA 13:19 LOCAL TIME 10:19 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w