“There is no change in our position on the South China Sea,” the prime minister’s director of communications, Kate Purchase, said in a statement. “On the South China Sea, we share serious concern over unilateral actions which heighten tension, including large-scale reclamation, building of outposts and military usage thereof,” Abe said. As Toyoda had run Toyota longer than Trudeau had led Canada, Trudeau said he was the one who should be asking the question. TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said after meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada had committed to supporting his country’s opposition to sweeping territorial clams, island-building and other aggressive measures widely regarded as a challenge by China to the rule of law in the South China Sea. Trudeau stressed instead the shared commitment that Japan and Canada have to battling AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Source: National Post May 24, 2016 11:04 UTC