We held the 96th ASEAN Study Group meeting, with Mr. Kunihiko Hirabayashi, Secretary-General of the Japan-ASEAN Centre, as our guest speaker.

Posted date January 2026, 1
Update date January 2026, 4
Author / Authors FEC (The International Friendship and Economic Exchange Council) Secretariat
Categories Activities
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Categories Japan-ASEAN Cultural and Economic Committee

When

2026/01/21 (Wed)

By the way

Online

Message

On January 21, the FEC hosted its 96th ASEAN Study Group online, with the theme "Connecting ASEAN with Digital and Green Technologies," and invited Kunihiko Hirabayashi, Secretary-General of the Japan-ASEAN Centre. Following opening remarks by Koji Motohashi, Chairman of the FEC Japan-ASEAN Cultural and Economic Committee (Senior Advisor, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.), Secretary-General Hirabayashi gave a lecture, and a question-and-answer session was held at the end.

We held the 96th ASEAN Study Group meeting, with Mr. Kunihiko Hirabayashi, Secretary-General of the Japan-ASEAN Centre, as our guest speaker.

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