THE Asean-Japan Centre is an intergovernmental organization established by the Asean member states and Japan in 1981. It has been working to promote economic partnership in trade, investment and tourism, as well as promoting exchanges of persons between the two parties. As part of its exchange promotion activity, the Centre has annually organized an exchange program among women entrepreneurs in the Asean Member States and Japan since 2014.
“Since I assumed the post of Secretary General of the Asean-Japan Centre in September 2015, I have committed to promoting a gender perspective in Centre’s activities as it contributes to the sustainable development of the region,” Secretary General Masataka Fujita of the Asean-Japan Centre explained during an exclusive interview with The Manila Times.
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