Thank you very much.
The ASEAN countries welcome the Indo-Pacific strategy of Canada. If you see the reality of these 10 countries, population-wise, those 10 countries have more than 600 million people. That is bigger than the EU, and when it comes to the combined GDP of those 10 countries, it is more than $3 trillion. That is significant progress.
Also, just last December, the Japanese government held a special leaders' meeting of Japan and the ASEAN 10 countries for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Japan-ASEAN co-operation. Looking back over those 50 years, starting from five or seven countries—now it's 10 countries—they've made enormous progress in terms of economic development but also in political unity and in influence over other parts of the world.
I see only the positive signs for the ASEAN 10 countries. They are like-minded. Of course, they do have their own way of expressing things, but we share a lot. You can see the Japanese companies' attitudes to those ASEAN 10 countries. They have invested a lot in expectations, in trust and also in the growth of their market.