Japan pledges more coronavirus aid to Thailand

Japan's foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi said that Tokyo will continue providing aid and support for Thailand to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.   Motegi said Japan and Thailand needed to overcome the coronavirus pandemic together and develop a close economic relationship. Japan has donated one million doses of locally-produced vaccines and spent about 5.4 million US dollars on building a transportation system to deliver the vaccines to hospitals in Thailand. Ministers expressed their support for the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategic initiative.