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.
Tokyo sees enhanced ties as bulwark against protectionism

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