Japan and China address military ties and tensions in high-level meetings.
TL;DR
Japan's Foreign Minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, expressed concerns about increasing joint military activity between Russia and China during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. Hayashi also called for China to play a responsible international role and for the release of a Japanese citizen detained in China. This comes as Japan formally opened its closest missile base to China.
Topics:worldinternational-relations#china#detention-of-japanese-citizen#international-relations#japan#military-ties#russia
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