Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and Philippine President Benigno Aquino as they leave the stage during a gala dinner of the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit meeting in Tokyo

From left, Burma’s President Thein Sein, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III leave the stage during a gala dinner at the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013