Japan expand State visit since China

Tokyo (Reuters)-Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe intends to strengthen relations with countries in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam in the middle of the growing issue of China's assertiveness over its territorial base.

Abe plans to visit the United States intends to reaffirm Japan's Alliance with the us but must be delayed because President Barack Obama has a solid schedule, Japan, a spokesman said Thursday.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the visit was meant for economic cooperation, the better.

"Japan considers cooperation with ASEAN is an important step to ensure peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region," said Suga.

He said that the 10 members of ASEAN have significance for Japan.

Japan seeks to establish economic cooperation with Asian countries as tentangga by sending Foreign Minister visiting Japan to Southeast Asia, South Korea and Russia.

Suga denied a number of visit was not intended to counterbalance the influence of China.

"China is an important country for Japan," he said.

However, Japan was seen visiting other countries to countries that have interests with China. An example is the Philippines which directly borders China.

Japan's Foreign Minister to visit the Philippines on Thursday for dialogue with the country about the threat of China at the border.

"We know there's a threat like that (China) and often reminded other countries about the threat not just from Japan," said the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Albert Del Rosario.

During the campaign last month, Prime Minister Abe promised to behave violently related border issues with China. However, many observers doubt his promise over Abe's position now.

Abe comes from a nationalist party which wants to revise the draft of the Constitution of Japan and the United States that were created after World War II took place. But U.S. officials want Japan to act to keep global security software, according to Reuters reports.

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