Japan and Indonesia have pledged to deepen economic and defense ties during a visit by the Japanese prime minister amid heightened global geopolitical tensions.

Indonesia’s government says it has agreed with Japan to resume talks on the joint development of naval vessels that have stalled in recent years.

The Japanese prime minister visited Indonesia and Malaysia, as part of efforts to integrate the Southeast Asian nations into Tokyo’s preparations for a catastrophic US-led war against China.

The project signals Tokyo's desire for wider security ties in the region and Jakarta's aim for more joint weapon developments, analysts say In a move that analysts see as emblematic of Tokyo's shift towards broader security alliances - and Jakarta's quest to bolster its maritime defences - Japan and Indonesia are on the cusp of a landmark

Japan will give Indonesia two high-speed patrol boats, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday, as Tokyo seeks to boost regional maritime security cooperation in the face of competing territorial claims with China.

The push to build 3 million houses and apartments per year has already attracted investment interest from China, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Japan and Indonesia have agreed to strengthen security cooperation and to hold a meeting of their foreign and defense ministers.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun a tour of Malaysia and Indonesia as part of his effort to further strengthen defense and economic ties with Southeast Asia as threats from China rise i

Parts of Indonesia's coastline face the Strait of Malacca, which is also an important shipping lane for Japan. The two ministers agreed on the need to boost security cooperation to realize a free ...

Indonesia and Japan boost ties with plans to work on food security, energy, free meals, defense, and tech transfer.

The dollar and Treasury yields losing steam should offer emerging and Asian markets some welcome respite. But the reversal in U.S. stocks could ensure it is short-lived, especially with U.S. CPI inflation numbers landing after Asia has closed.

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