TOKYO -- As Japan and ASEAN prepare for a special December summit to mark 50 years of friendship, the head of a leading regional think tank hopes to see the two sides jointly tackle key challenges as true partners.
Partners complement each other technologically and demographically, ERIA head says

Tetsuya Watanabe became president of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia in July. (Photo by Kosuke Imamura)
TOKYO -- As Japan and ASEAN prepare for a special December summit to mark 50 years of friendship, the head of a leading regional think tank hopes to see the two sides jointly tackle key challenges as true partners.