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, ...

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 ...

Japan was ASEAN’s largest provider of financial and technical resources until the 2000s. Japan’s overseas development aid (ODA) through loans and grants to ASEAN member states goes back to 1969, two ...

ASEAN members are navigating an increasingly challenging regional environment. Headwinds to global trade and finance threaten Southeast Asia’s post-pandemic economic recovery, as do the rising costs ...

A unified force in Japan's House of Representatives opens the door for widespread military reform under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, writes analyst Ronny Sasmita.

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 ...

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HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 25: Amen Thompson #1 of the Houston Rockets dribbles the ball during the game against the Milwaukee Bucks on February 25, 2025 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO ...

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 ...