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        "msgid": "japan-identifies-three-reasons-for-deteriorating-security-in-southeast-asia-1793249688",
        "date": "2026-10-29 11:18:32",
        "title": "Japan Identifies Three Reasons for Deteriorating Security in Southeast Asia",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi cited worsening natural disasters, global conflicts disrupting supply chains and energy supplies, and rapidly shifting military balances as the three factors driving a deteriorating security environment in Southeast Asia. He pledged support for ASEAN\u2019s disaster-response and maritime-security efforts, and called for renewed cooperation to strengthen the bloc\u2019s ability to act independently.",
        "content": "<p>Istanbul (ANTARA) \u2013 Japan on Wednesday (28 October) highlighted\n\u201cthree reasons\u201d behind the \u201crapidly deteriorating\u201d security environment\nin Southeast Asia, and pledged support for ASEAN, which has 11 member\nstates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNatural disasters are becoming more severe, paralysing\ncommunications, healthcare and transport sectors simultaneously,\u201d\nJapanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said at a joint ASEAN defence\nministers\u2019 meeting in Cebu, the Philippines, which currently holds the\nASEAN chairmanship.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside natural disasters, which he described as the first reason,\nKoizumi cited conflicts in various parts of the world that affect supply\nchains and energy supplies as the second. The third, he said, was a\nrapidly shifting military balance that increases the risk of clashes and\nthe possibility of dangerous miscalculations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese crises are not merely adapting; they overlap and reinforce one\nanother,\u201d Koizumi said, emphasising the importance of ASEAN\u2019s \u201cunity,\ncentrality and resilience\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJapan values these three aspects because they are international\npublic goods that safeguard peace, prosperity and every country\u2019s\nfreedom to determine its own choices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Koizumi said ASEAN member states \u201care strengthening their own\ncapabilities to respond and deter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollectively, ASEAN is addressing various shared challenges, from\ndisaster management to maritime security. These efforts complement one\nanother, and Japan \u2026 will support both,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is simple: to broaden the choices available to ASEAN and\neach of its member states, so they can understand, decide and act\nindependently,\u201d the Japanese defence minister said, urging ASEAN and\nJapan to \u201crenew areas of cooperation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged that Japan \u201cwill make every effort\u201d to turn ASEAN\u2019s\n\u201cchoices\u201d into \u201creal strength\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting in Cebu City comprised the 20th ASEAN Defence Ministers\u2019\nMeeting (ADMM) and the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting-Plus\n(ADMM-Plus). Defence ministers from the US, China, South Korea, Japan,\nAustralia and India also took part, although China did not send its\ndefence minister this year.<\/p>",
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