Analysts: Japan Strengthening ASEAN Security Ties to Contain China
Voice of America
FILE - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shakes hands with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol during the ASEAN-East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 13, 2022. A Japan-ASEAN summit begins Saturday in Tokyo.
Tokyo has been expanding its security ties with multiple Southeast Asian countries ahead of a Japan-ASEAN summit that analysts see as a forum to offset China's aggressive behavior in the region.
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