Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will map out a "new vision" of cooperation in various fields in a joint statement to be issued after a commemorative leaders' summit in Tokyo later this week, the government said Monday.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indonesian President Joko Widodo are slated to co-host the gathering on Sunday, being held to mark 50 years of friendship and cooperation between Japan and ASEAN, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference.Kishida is scheduled to host a dinner for participating ASEAN leaders on Saturday and wil…READ FULL ARTICLE
