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- Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will collaborate on developing new AI models and related legislation.
- The initiative stems from a Hanoi digital-ministers meeting led by Yoshimasa Hayashi, the Japanese communications minister.
- Hayashi says Japan will support ASEAN's development to strengthen AI influence amid competition from the United States and China.
- The move follows Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Kuala Lumpur call for research in semiconductors and AI.
