Japan sends mission to Asia

Japan sends mission to Asia

TOKYO (Reuters): Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said on Thursday that Japan would send a mission to six Asian countries in late August to study possible ways of helping them revive their economies.

The seven-member mission, led by Japan Federation of Employers Associations chairman Hiroshi Okuda, would visit South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines from late August to early September, Obuchi said.

The Japanese group would discuss with government and business leaders of the six countries to assess the economic situation there and the effects of Japan's aid, he told a Tokyo seminar.