Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (second from left) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Suga's wife Mariko and Widodo's wife Iriana waving to the people during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Bogor West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday (Oct 20, 2020). - AP
JAKARTA, Oct 20 (AP): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrived on Tuesday in Indonesia on the second leg of his first overseas trip as premier to underscore his government’s aims of countering China's influence in the region.
Suga arrived from Vietnam in the middle of a four-day visit to the two South-East Asia nations he said was key to pursuing the "free and open Indo-Pacific” vision of economic and security cooperation to counter China’s growing power and its assertiveness in disputes with other governments over the South China Sea.
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