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Pope Francis Holds Audiences - Vatican

S.E. Paul Richard Gallagher receives in private audience Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the Vatican on January 19, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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[Breaking News] Japan provides 1st air-to-sea monitoring drill for S.E. Asian nations

BATAM, Indonesia, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Japan began training three Southeast Asian countries in sea monitoring from the air, in the latest effort to help enhance their maritime surveillance capabilities amid China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. Indonesian, Philippine and Malaysian coast guard officials boarded an airplane from Batam Island, western Indonesia, near Singapore, to get briefed on high-tech surveillance equipment, according to the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Masanori Fujimura (R), head of an investment consulting firm, looks at a model of an apartment building for Japanese customers in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Masanori Fujimura, head of an investment consulting firm, points to the site on April 16, 2012, where plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Photo shows homes for wealthy people in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Photo shows a show home for wealthy people in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.

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Indonesian girls vie to become S.E. Asian twins of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Finalists for JKT48, the first overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, sing and dance during a performance class in Jakarta on Oct. 4, 2011.

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Indonesian girls vie to become S.E. Asian twins of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Finalists for JKT48, the first overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, pose with Minami Takahashi (C), the latter's Team A captain, during her visit to Jakarta on Oct. 4, 2011.

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Japan asks S.E. Asian nations to help free piracy abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks to reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on March 15 about three crew members of a Japanese tugboat abducted by pirates in the Malacca Strait.

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Koizumi heads home after completing 5-nation S.E. Asia tour

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi heads home from Singapore on Jan. 15 after completing a weeklong tour of five Southeast Asian nations. Koizumi called for closer economic and security relations between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during the trip, which also had taken him to the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

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Koizumi arrives in Kuala Lumpur on 2nd leg of S.E. Asia tour

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is greeted at Kuala Lumpur international airport on Jan. 10 after arriving from Manila on the second leg of his weeklong tour of five Southeast Asian nations.

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Koizumi arrives in Manila on 1st leg of S.E. Asia tour

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is greeted by Philippine honor guards at Manila international airport on Jan. 9 after arriving there on the first leg of his weeklong tour of five Southeast Asian nations.

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Koizumi calls for closer economic ties with S.E. Asia

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to reporters on board a government plane on his way to Manila on Jan. 9. Koizumi said he sees the need to forge closer economic ties between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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Koizumi leaves for tour of 5 S.E. Asian nations

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 9 before boarding a government plane to visit five Southeast Asian nations -- the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.

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Koizumi postpones S.E. Asia trip due to terror attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi talks to reporters Sept. 13 following his decision to postpone a weeklong tour of four Southeast Asian nations in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States.

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Koizumi heads home after completing 5-nation S.E. Asia tour

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi heads home from Singapore on Jan. 15 after completing a weeklong tour of five Southeast Asian nations. Koizumi called for closer economic and security relations between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during the trip, which also had taken him to the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

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Japan asks S.E. Asian nations to help free piracy abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks to reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on March 15 about three crew members of a Japanese tugboat abducted by pirates in the Malacca Strait. (Kyodo)

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Johnson pressed Sato to pay money to fight communists in S.E. As

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) is in talks with U.S. President Lyndon Johnson in a photo taken at the White House in Nove,ber 1967. When the United States was bogged down in the Vietnam War in 1967, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson pressed Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to contribute $500 million to the Asian Development Bank to help stabilize Southeast Asian countries economically and to block communists from eventually gaining strength there, according to Japanese diplomatic documents declassified on Aug. 30. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi calls for closer economic ties with S.E. Asia

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to reporters on board a government plane on his way to Manila on Jan. 9. Koizumi said he sees the need to forge closer economic ties between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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Koizumi postpones S.E. Asia trip due to terror attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi talks to reporters Sept. 13 following his decision to postpone a weeklong tour of four Southeast Asian nations in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States.

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Japanese film directors speak with S.E. Asian students in Tokyo

Japanese film directors speak with Southeast Asian students during a symposium on movie production in this photo taken in Tokyo on March 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Morozoff makes Singapore comeback under new S.E. Asia strategy

Shinji Yamaguchi, president of Japanese confectionary maker Morozoff Ltd., speaks on Nov. 3, 2017, at the opening ceremony of a Singapore outlet after the company ended a 20-year hiatus in the country. Yamaguchi said his firm expects Morozoff's sweets to be widely embraced in Southeast Asia. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Morozoff makes Singapore comeback under new S.E. Asia strategy

Shinji Yamaguchi, president of Japanese confectionary maker Morozoff Ltd., speaks on Nov. 3, 2017, at the opening ceremony of a Singapore outlet after the company ended a 20-year hiatus in the country. Yamaguchi said his firm expects Morozoff's sweets to be widely embraced in Southeast Asia. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown prince celebrates centennial of emigration in S.E. Brazil

MARINGA, Brazil - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito delivers a speech during a ceremony in Rolandia, southeastern Brazil, on June 22 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japanese emigration to Brazil. Several tens of thousands of people including those of Japanese ancestry took part in the event. (Kyodo)

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Photo shows a show home for wealthy people in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore. (Kyodo)

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Masanori Fujimura (R), head of an investment consulting firm, looks at a model of an apartment building for Japanese customers in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore. (Kyodo)

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Masanori Fujimura, head of an investment consulting firm, points to the site on April 16, 2012, where plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore. (Kyodo)

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Photo shows homes for wealthy people in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore. (Kyodo)

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Indonesian girls vie to become S.E. Asian twins of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Finalists for JKT48, the first overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, sing and dance during a performance class in Jakarta on Oct. 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Indonesian girls vie to become S.E. Asian twins of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Finalists for JKT48, the first overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, pose with Minami Takahashi (C), the latter's Team A captain, during her visit to Jakarta on Oct. 4, 2011. (Kyodo)