Map of Japanese trade and Japan towns in Southeast Asia during the early 16th-17th century. Green representing Japan Towns, red as the Japanese enclaves, the black are the cities importance to the Trade and the purple line are the main sea route of the Japanese ships.[Wikipedia]

Map showing the trade route of Southeast Asia during the early 12th and 13th century.[Wikimedia]

Map showing the use of Austro-Asiatic languages in SE Asia.[Wikimedia]

Map showing the four Asian Tigers namely, Hongkong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. They are first industrialized countries and considered to be high-income economies.[Wikipedia]