China seen as ASEAN's most important partner, Japan 2nd: survey

China replaced Japan as the most important future partner for ASEAN nations, a public opinion survey conducted by the Japanese Foreign Ministry showed Friday.When asked to select multiple countries and organizations that they believe will be important partners in the future, 52 percent of respondents in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations picked China, followed by Japan with 45 percent.Japan ranked first in the fiscal 2023 survey with 43 percent, slightly ahead of China at 42 percent.When the same question was posed in India in the latest survey, Russia ranked first at 59 percent, fo…READ FULL ARTICLE