Japan to bolster ASEAN trade by loaning out experts

Tokyo sees enhanced ties as bulwark against protectionism

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Workers at a Jakarta port release mooring lines. Japan looks to cooperate with ASEAN to develop free trade rules. © Reuters

SAKI HAYASHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan will dispatch specialists and advisers in areas such as trade to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as part of a cooperation deal to be signed later this year.

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