The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has built relations of trust with Japan and generally welcome it playing a bigger security role in the region, amid China's rising assertiveness in the South China Sea.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which will hold a summit with Japan in Tokyo on Sunday to mark 50 years of ties, has built relations of trust with the country and generally welcome it playing a bigger security role in the region, amid China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
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