Japan PM expresses 'serious concerns' to Xi over South China Sea

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed "serious concerns over the situation surrounding the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Xinjiang" to Chinese President Xi Jinping in the pair's first in-person talks, Tokyo's foreign ministry said Saturday.

At the talks on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Peru, the pair also agreed to "work towards realising mutual visits by respective foreign ministers, as well as the high-level dialogue on cultural exchange and economy at an appropriate timing." — Agence France-Presse