Japan PM calls for stronger ASEAN ties to improve regional security

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Japan and Southeast Asia must strengthen ties and ensure the region is based on the rule of law and not force, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Asian leaders at a summit on Saturday, amid heightened tensions over China's new air defense zone. China's recent announcement of an air defense zone over islands in the East China Sea, which are also claimed by Tokyo, triggered protests from Japan, United States and South Korea. China is also locked in territorial rows with other Asian nations over wide swathes of the South China Sea, including waters claimed by several members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and has said it might set up a similar air defense zone there.




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