japans abe to visit southeast asia to boost economic ties
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Japan`s Abe to visit Southeast Asia to boost economic ties

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Japan`s Abe to visit Southeast Asia to boost economic ties

Shinzo Abe
Tokyo - Arab Today

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will this month make his first overseas trip since winning office to Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, aiming to strengthen ties with the growing Asian economies as relations with China stay tense.

Abe had hoped to go to Washington first in order to strengthen Japan`s alliance with the United States, but his visit was postponed due to President Barack Obama`s tight schedule, Japan`s top government spokesman said on Thursday.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the countries that Abe will visit are at the forefront of Asian economic growth and Japan, mired in deflation and stuck in its fourth recession since 2000, should expand economic ties.

"It`s important to strengthen the cooperation with the ASEAN countries to ensure peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region," said Suga, referring to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding that those countries were also strategically important for Japan.

Japan`s relations with China took a dive last September after a flare-up in a long-standing territorial dispute over islets in the East China Sea claimed by both countries. 

Aiming to offset the economic impact of the feud, Abe has been reaching out to other Asian neighbours since winning a December election, sending his foreign minister on a tour of Southeast Asia and special envoys to South Korea and Russia.

Suga, however, stressed that Abe`s trip was not aimed at counter-balancing China`s influence in the region, which has seen an increase in territorial disputes as a more assertive China and its neighbours look to secure natural resources.

"China is an important country for Japan," Suga said, stressing the strategic nature of Japan`s bilateral ties with the world`s second largest economy. 

Nevertheless, Japan shares concern about China with several countries in Southeast Asia that are in dispute with China over parts of the South China Sea, including the Philippines.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida offered during talks in Manila on Thursday to help the Philippines with what it sees as "very threatening" activity by China in the sea, said Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario.

"We do have this threat and this threat is shared by many countries not just by Japan," del Rosario said, adding Japan would supply the Philippines with 10 coastguard vessels and communications equipment.

Before his election last month, Abe had pledged a tough stance in the territorial row with China, but experts believe he might take a more pragmatic position now that he is in power.

Abe came to power partly on a nationalist platform and wants to revise Japan`s U.S.-drafted constitution adopted after World War Two. U.S. officials have indicated they would like to see Japan loosen constitutional restraints on its military to enable a bigger global security role.

But Abe`s government will stand by a landmark 1995 apology for Japan`s wartime aggression, said Suga. Any revision would upset Asian nations that suffered from Japan`s militarism.

Source: ANTARA

 

 

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

japans abe to visit southeast asia to boost economic ties japans abe to visit southeast asia to boost economic ties

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

japans abe to visit southeast asia to boost economic ties japans abe to visit southeast asia to boost economic ties

 



GMT 13:42 2015 Saturday ,04 April

Libyan warplane targets camp in Gharyan town

GMT 15:14 2017 Wednesday ,01 March

UN documents nearly 1,500 child soldiers in Yemen

GMT 07:24 2017 Sunday ,01 October

Mexico unlikely to find more quake survivors

GMT 16:15 2015 Wednesday ,11 November

German intelligence 'spied' on Fabius, FBI, UN bodies

GMT 01:32 2017 Saturday ,15 April

Russia's Putin earns about 157,000 USD in 2016

GMT 16:30 2017 Saturday ,15 July

Minister of planning gives priority

GMT 19:45 2017 Wednesday ,05 April

President of Senegal Meets Attorney General

GMT 05:18 2017 Thursday ,21 September

Over 80 missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya

GMT 19:22 2017 Saturday ,01 April

UN: Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 5 million

GMT 15:16 2016 Thursday ,29 September

FBI to put up database on police use of deadly force

GMT 05:06 2016 Friday ,30 September

Indian markets open flat

GMT 01:57 2017 Tuesday ,10 October

Twin suicide bombs kill 13 near Mogadishu airport

GMT 02:25 2017 Friday ,08 September

UAE celebrates National Day at Expo 2017 Astana

GMT 06:19 2017 Sunday ,08 January

Bleaching poses the gravest threat to coral reefs

GMT 12:35 2017 Monday ,18 September

Elham Shahin happy for “Day for Women”

GMT 09:46 2017 Thursday ,22 June

US existing home sales unexpectedly rise in May

GMT 02:36 2017 Tuesday ,10 January

US embassy condemns Al-Arish suicide attack

GMT 10:34 2017 Sunday ,26 November

czar faces graft probe
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday