Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will join five Southeast Asian nations that share the Mekong River in a 10-year program to protect the region’s environment, as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama seeks closer ties with Asia.
Hatoyama and the leaders of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar agreed to establish a new partnership today at the inaugural Japan-Mekong summit in Tokyo, as Japan’s leader pledged 500 billion yen ($5.5 billion) in aid over the next three years. The Southeast Asian leaders thanked Hatoyama for the aid pledge and financial assistance for Mekong reforestation and water management. .
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