Japan and ASEAN to team on AI and cybersecurity

Draft plan at 50th anniversary summit also to cover education, joint drills

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, shakes hands with Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo during an ASEAN summit in Jakarta in September. (Pool photo/Reuters)

FUMIKA SATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan and ASEAN intend to work together on cybersecurity and systems for managing and operating artificial intelligence, based on a draft plan for deepening their relationship, Nikkei learned Wednesday.

The two sides look to adopt a joint vision statement on Sunday at a summit in Tokyo that marks the 50th anniversary of relations between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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