Japan hopes to draft G7 formin statement on China security legislation on Hong Kong

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共同通信が報じた米英豪加の中国非難声明に日本が参加しなかった件、ロイター電をNYTがキャリー。想像した以上に注目が集まっている気がする。https://t.co/Ji3lNggAK4

— Kazuto Suzuki (@KS_1013) June 8, 2020

There was no immediate response to Reuters e-mail inquiries to Japan’s foreign ministry and the U.S. embassy in Tokyo. China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tokyo separately issued a statement May 28, the day China’s parliament approved the national security legislation, saying the nation was “seriously concerned” about the move, which observers fear could endanger Hong Kong’s special autonomy and freedoms.

Tokyo is in complicated position amid tension between China and the U.S. over the Hong Kong issue as Japan plans Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit, which was planned for early April but has been postponed because both have agreed to priorities to contain the virus outbreak.

Reporting by Kaori Kaneko. Editing by Gerry Doyle

Japan hopes to draft G7 formin statement on China security legislation on Hong Kong: source
Yoshifumi Takemoto, Elaine Lies
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on China’s new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers’ meeting, a Japanese government source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

韓国がのってくるかどうか・・・どうせ、日本の意地悪としかみないんだろうけど。