Japanese, Cambodian leaders vow to bolster security cooperation

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet agreed Monday to bolster security cooperation, at a time when China has been boosting its military presence in the waters facing Southeast Asia.The agreement came as some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Japan have overlapping territorial claims with China in the South and East China seas, although non-disputant Cambodia has close economic and diplomatic ties with Beijing.At a meeting in Tokyo, held a day after a Japan-ASEAN special summit to mark 50 years of friendship and cooperation on …READ FULL ARTICLE