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(14 Dec 2003)

1. Wide shot of ASEAN Heads of State signing joint declaration
2. Pan of Heads of State seated
3. Mid shot of Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan and Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri
4. Close-up Megawati signing
5. Close-up Koizumi signing
6. Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra signing
7. Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signing
8. Singapore Prime Minister Goh signing
9. Malaysian Prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi signing
10. Koizumi and Megawati exchange documents, pull out to wide of applause
11. Koizumi and Megawati approach platform
12. Cutaway journalists
13. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese Prime Minister:
"We didn't hold this special summit just with an eye on what China is doing. We did this to further deepen the relations that we have enjoyed with ASEAN for the past 30 years. Thinking of matters that way, the fact that China is developing is a very good thing for both Japan and ASEAN."
14. Mid shot press conference
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian President:
"I don't think the decision to hold this summit was influenced by the expansion of China's influence in the ASEAN region. ASEAN - Japan relation have their own dynamics as also ASEAN China relations. I believe it is important that we avoid looking at these things as zero-sum relations. Close ASEAN-Japan and ASEAN-China relations are for the good of all, for the good of East Asia in general."
16. Set-up shot Hidetaka Saeki, Vice President, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hidetaka Saeki, Vice President, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry:
"Now the Japanese investment in Southeast Asia is somewhat platoed or stagnant and it is a reflection of the overall performance of the Japanese economy. And what is important now is to turn this pattern to more of both way, two-way flow. I think we are getting into the era we should spend more energy and more time to invite foreign direct investment towards Japan from Southeast Asia or from Japan or from other parts of the world."
18. Wide exterior of Akasaka Guest House, venue for the ASEAN summit
19. Pan of member nations flags
20. Various of Pro-democracy Burmese demonstrators protesting the
presence of the Myanmar Prime minister


STORYLINE:

Japan pledged US$3 billion in new aid to Southeast Asia and promised to work with the region to bolster security ties, liberalize trade and create a broad "economic partnership" as a two-day summit concluded on Friday.

The summit, proposed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during a tour of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations last year, underscored Tokyo's growing concern that it is being overshadowed by the increasing economic clout of China.

Koizumi announced the aid in a joint declaration released on the final day of the summit, being held at Tokyo's state guest house. An advance outline of the document was obtained by The Associated Press.

"Economic ties between ASEAN and Japan are demanded by the times," Koizumi said. "We must also strengthen regional cooperation on terrorism, piracy, human trafficking and other cross-border issues to make peace and security in the region more certain."


Half of Japan's total aid pledge or US$1.5 billion will go toward developing an area along the Mekong River, while the other half will be split among ASEAN members.

The Mekong and its tributaries flow through Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar.




Beijing signed the document last month.


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