Obuchi makes speech on Japan's relations with ASEAN

Obuchi makes speech on Japan's relations with ASEAN

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi makes a policy speech on Japan's relations with Southeast Asian countries in Hanoi on Dec. 16 at a lecture program hosted by a Hanoi-based research institute, ahead of summit talks with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China and South Korea. In the speech, Obuchi unveiled a plan to provide special yen loans worth 600 billion yen to troubled Asian countries over a three-year period as part of an effort to revitalize the region's economy.

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