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Japan and ASEAN Unite to Boost AI Development

1/16/2026

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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.