Asean-Japan opens with much fanfare as event marks 50 years of friendship

Leaders from South-East Asia nations attend a dinner hosted by Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Saturday Dec. 16, 2023. Asean and Japan celebrate its 50th anniversary of their friendship and cooperation in Tokyo through December 18. - AP

MOSCOW (Agencies): Tokyo will host a three-day commemorative Asean-Japan summit from Saturday to mark 50 years of friendship and cooperation between Japan and the union of 10 South-East Asian nations, Bernama-Sputnik reported.

Asean Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn of Cambodia will lead a delegation from the Asean Secretariat to the December 16-18 summit at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.