Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said a special Asean-Japan summit would be held to discuss in-depth regional and international issues.

Ismail Sabri said he had suggested the summit to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in their meeting in Tokyo on Friday that Japan should make an engagement not only with Malaysia but Asean and Kishida agreed to hold it next year.

“Asean usually has its own stand...