Japan pledges $ 440 million for anti-terrorism efforts in Asia

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

A government spokesman said that the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe pledged on Wednesday to provide $ 440 million to help Asian countries to strengthen anti-terrorism measures at a time when the region is witnessing an increase in major attacks.

Police blamed insurgents linked to the Islamic state responsibility for an attack last week in the birthplace of Philippine President Rodrigo Dottirty and killing 14 people. And it fell 22 dead in attack in July, a cafe in the capital of Bangladesh.

Koichi Hajewda and transfer of Deputy Cabinet Secretary Abe as saying at a meeting of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) "in the first offer to support steps to combat terrorism and extremism in Asia, we will implement the aid program worth 45 billion yen during the next three years."

Any Asian countries which will receive the aid was not clear , but theplan includes measures such as the provision of modern systems of identification data and sophisticated equipment to detect explosives.