Editorial

14:30 JST, December 23, 2025

The international community’s attention is increasingly turning toward the five countries of Central Asia, which are well-endowed with natural resources such as oil, natural gas and critical minerals.

The question now is whether Japan can deepen cooperation with these five nations by utilizing a recent summit held among all six leaders.

The presidents of the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan all visited Japan and held a summit with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the first such meeting.

The declaration adopted at the summit stated that Japan will support the development of the logistics network and the training of administrative and business human resources in those countries.

The logistics network in Central Asia is........

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