Japan foreign minister says Tokyo will host ASEAN summit Dec 16-18

Japan Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday that Tokyo will host an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit over Dec. 16-18 to commemorate 50 years of cooperation between the ASEAN grouping and Japan.

He spoke ahead of an ASEAN foreign ministers meeting held in Indonesia.

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