Japan, ASEAN to deepen economic ties toward 50th friendship anniv.

id Japan proposed efforts to strengthen economic cooperation, such as building a network of 100 entrepreneurs from Japan and ASEAN annually and creating 100 business projects yearly to tackle social issues.

Is that mean there will be another project that like Cool Japan?

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-trends/Cool-Japan-and-other-state-backed-funds-hit-by-huge-losses

The RCEP is too much under China's control. It is more important to strengthen the CPTPP in which Japan has a stronger hand. It is important to get Taiwan into the CPTPP. It has an important chips industry which otherwise would sell most of its chips to the West.