Japan¡¯s top diplomat used a meeting with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of a regional summit in Malaysia on Thursday to lay out a laundry list of concerns with Beijing ¡ª including dangerous intercepts by its military and its export controls on crucial rare earth elements.
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya held talks with China¡¯s top diplomat, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of a series of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-related gatherings in Kuala Lumpur to voice Tokyo¡¯s ¡°strong concerns¡± about the flurry of security and economic issues, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
Highlighting Tokyo¡¯s rising security concerns, the 45-minute talks came just ahead of an announcement by Japan¡¯s Defense Ministry of what it said were two ¡°unusual approaches¡± by Chinese fighter jets near Air Self-Defense Force surveillance aircraft that ¡°risked accidental collisions¡± over the East China Sea on Wednesday and Thursday.
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