Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, hold talks on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China on Monday. But they have a longstanding dispute over islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan, which knows them as Senkaku, and claimed by China, which calls them Diaoyu. Meanwhile, Japan has weighed in on another Chinese territorial dispute in the South China Sea, where Beijing has built artificial islands capable of supporting military facilities. Xi told Abe that Japan should “exercise caution in its words and deeds” on the issue, Xinhua said. Last week Japan’s defence ministry requested a record budget, including funds for an anti-ship missile system to defend the East China Sea islands.

Source: Mint September 05, 2016 14:48 UTC