Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga returned this week from the recently concluded Group of Seven leaders* summit having played an important role in getting the world*s leading democracies to take a tougher stance against China on human rights issues.

In addition to raising concerns about Hong Kong, Uyghur Muslims and China*s military actions in East and Southeast Asia, the G7 leaders made an unprecedented statement stressing the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

Suga*s Liberal Democratic Party followed that up Tuesday by adopting a resolution at a diplomacy subcommittee stating that serious human rights violations, including forced imprisonment and infringements upon religious freedom, had occurred in Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.