TOKYO: Japan's Defence Minister Taro Kono said on Saturday (Aug 29) he had agreed with his US counterpart Mark Esper that both countries opposed ...
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper looks on as Japan's Defense Minister Taro Kono speaks during a joint news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, US, Jan 14, 2020. TOKYO: Japan's Defence Minister Taro Kono said on Saturday he had agreed with his US counterpart Mark Esper that both countries opposed any unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the key waterways of the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
Kono shared his view with the US defence secretary at a time when the United States and China are at loggerheads over issues ranging from technology and human rights to Chinese military activities in the disputed South China Sea.A thorny issue in China's ties with Japan is Beijing's claim to a group of tiny East China Sea islets controlled by Tokyo.
"We agreed that the international community will respond firmly to any unilateral change to the status quo in the South China Sea as well as the East China Sea," Kono said. He was speaking online from Guam to reporters in the Japanese capital following his meeting with Esper. Kono said Esper had confirmed that the US-Japan security treaty covered the East China Sea islets, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the
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