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Leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to agree on expanding their relations in the economic and security fields at a summit to commemorate 50 years of their friendship and cooperation.
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will map out a "new vision" of cooperation in various fields in a joint statement to be issued after a commemorative leaders' summit in Tokyo later this week, the government says.
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will seek to beef up private sector cybersecurity cooperation amid China's growing regional influence, Japanese government sources say..
The ASEAN Solidarity Exercise, which runs until September 23, is the first joint military drill that the Southeast Asian bloc has conducted on its own.
The non-combat drills, the first to be held by the Southeast Asian bloc, will now take place near Batam island, well outside China’s “nine-dash line” claim.