$1 MILLION FOR ASEAN COUNTRIES AS COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND FROM JAPAN

Highlights –

• $1 million for ASEAN countries as COVID-19 response fund from Japan.
• Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced the same on Wednesday.
• China and South Korea have also pledged to contribute to the fund.
• The current total now comes to $2.3 million.

Outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe previously at a virtual summit in April with the....