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Japanese Envoys To Asean Hold Conference In Singapore
(The following is a release of the Japanese Foreign Ministry.) TOKYO, June
24 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold a Conference of
Japanese Ambassadors to ASEAN Countries in Singapore today and tomorrow.
Participants in the conference would be Japanese Ambassadors to 10 ASEAN
countries, Mr. Koreshige Anami, Director-General of the Asian Bureau, and
others concerned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At this conference, there will be an exchange of views on various matters,
in preparation for the ASEAN post-Ministerial Conference with Dialogue
Partners which will be held on July 27 and 28 in Singapore, including
Japan's foreign policy toward ASEAN, taking account of the recent
realization of ASEAN 10, and an analysis of the current state of the
financial and economic crisis which broke out the year before last.

List of Ambassadors attending the Conference Mr. Hiroshi Ota, Ambassador to
Thailand Mr. Takao Kawakami, Ambassador to Indonesia Mr. Hideki Harashima,
Ambassador to Malaysia Mr. Takeshi Nakamura, Ambassador to Viet Nam Mr.
Yoshihisa Ara, Ambassador to the Philippines Mr. Hiroshi Hashimoto,
Ambassador to Singapore Mr. Kazuo Asakai, Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Masaki
Saito, Ambassador to Cambodia Mr. Hajime Tsujimoto, Ambassador to Brunei Mr.
Hiroomi Sakai, Ambassador to Laos * For inquiries, contact the International
Press Division, MFA (Tel. Tokyo 3581-3896) (Nikkei)