
KUALA LUMPUR -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has concluded his visits to major countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with a meeting with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
Hayashi and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had been visiting ASEAN nations to demonstrate Japan's focus on the region ahead of the "50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation" next year.