The 39th ASEAN-Japan Forum took place in Bangkok, Thailand on June 25 to review the ASEAN-Japan cooperation and discuss future directions to promote their comprehensive strategic partnership.

Senior officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan have reaffirmed commitment to further strengthen cooperation and advance their partnership towards the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan relations next year.

The 34th ASEAN-Japan Forum took place in Hanoi on June 3 under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung and his Japanese counterpart Takeo Mori.

Japan affirmed that ASEAN remains a big priority in its foreign policy at the 32nd ASEAN-Japan Forum held in Banda Seri Begawan, Brunei, on March 1-2.