Japanese foreign and defense ministers and their U.S. counterparts expressed Tuesday "serious concerns" about a Chinese law that took effect recently enabling its coast guard ships to fire on vessels around the Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.They agreed at their security meeting in Tokyo to enhance bilateral and multilateral exercises and training to maintain the alliance's operational readiness and deterrent posture to address China's "aggressive and coercive behavior," especially in the East and South China seas, the ministers said in a joint press conference after …READ FULL ARTICLE
