In 2023, the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan celebrated 50 years of friendship and cooperation. In 1973, Japan became the first country to initiate dialogue with the newly ...

This year is the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan relations, which have been marked by a growing interdependence. Although ASEAN only accounts for 3.6 percent of the global economy, it is home to 30 ...

Japan’s Prime Minster Kishida Fumio delivers his remarks during the ASEAN-Indo-Pacific Forum on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, ...

Asian geopolitics is often described in terms of two giants: America, the incumbent superpower, and China, a rising one, standing astride the region and competing to pull smaller countries to their ...

In December 2023, ASEAN gathered for the 50th iteration of the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit. The bloc has always had a very special relationship with Japan. Southeast Asia was very different when ...

TOKYO (AP) — Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at a special summit in Tokyo on Sunday, adopted a joint vision that emphasizes security and economic cooperation while ...

There has been a remarkable transformation of Japan’s relationship with ASEAN over the past fifty years. In the 1970s, anti-Japanese product campaigns and protests were common across the region. Today ...

Japan and Malaysia signed a security assistance deal on Saturday including a grant of 400 million yen ($2.8 million) to boost Malaysia's maritime security, as Asian nations seek to counter an ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC), in collaboration with the ASEAN Youth Organization and with the support of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee for Micro, Small, and ...

TOKYO — Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at a special summit in Tokyo on Sunday, adopted a joint vision that emphasizes security and economic cooperation while ...