Asia

• Prime Minister TAKAICHI and Foreign Minister MOTEGI Attend ASEAN-related Summit Meetings (October, 2025)
• Foreign Minister IWAYA's Attendance at the ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers' Meetings (July 9-12, 2025)
• Video Message by Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the ASEAN Future Forum 2025 (February 26, 2025)

　The Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established with the signing of the Declaration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Bangkok Declaration). The five original nations are Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia followed by Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia. ASEAN serves as a regional cooperative organization composed of ten Member States. ASEAN has experienced rapid economic growth in the last ten years and is expected to play a role as a centre of growth that is open to the world.

Republic of Indonesia, Kingdom of Cambodia, Republic of Singapore, Kingdom of Thailand, Republic of the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Malaysia, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

• The Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation (December 16-18, 2023)
• The 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation
• Frameworks of regional cooperation centered on ASEAN
• ASEAN+3 Meetings
• ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
• Japan-ASEAN Cooperation
• East Asia Summit (EAS)
• ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
• Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)