Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for a "full explanation" of an airspace intrusion by a Chinese military aircraft in his first face-to-face meeting with Premier Li Qiang, Tokyo said Friday.
"Prime Minister Ishiba reiterated Japan's serious concerns about the situation in the East China Sea, including... the intensification of Chinese military activities in areas surrounding Japan," Japan's foreign ministry said after Thursday's meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Laos.
