Japan’s Aso Targets Myanmar Markets Amid China Rivalry: Economy
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Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso met with Myanmar’s president and senior officials today in a sign the nation plans to tap a market of 64 million people that has been dominated by China.
The visit is the first overseas trip by a member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet that took office last month. It coincides with the U.S. and the United Nations expressing concern over government strikes against ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s north.