Key Takeaways
- The ASEAN-Japan summit marks 50 years of friendship between Japan and Southeast Asian nations.
- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida co‑chairs the summit alongside Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
- Leaders will discuss a comprehensive strategic partnership and hold bilateral meetings and a gala dinner in Tokyo.
Tokyo will host a three‑day commemorative ASEAN-Japan summit from Saturday.
The event marks 50 years of friendship and cooperation between Japan and the union of 10 Southeast Asian nations.
ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn of Cambodia will lead a delegation from the ASEAN Secretariat to the December 16-18 summit at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The summit will take stock of the achievements made in ASEAN-Japan relations over the past decades and chart the future direction of a mutually beneficial comprehensive strategic partnership.
Kishida will co-chair the summit together with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, which holds the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. He will also host a gala dinner on Sunday and hold bilateral meetings with other Asian leaders.
