Japan urges China to address issues over Uyghurs, Senkakus

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi urged China on Monday to address human rights issues concerning the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, western China, as well as to halt its intrusions into Japanese waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.Motegi's push during phone talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi came after Washington accused Beijing of committing "genocide" and other crimes against humanity on Uyghurs in an annual human rights report the State Department released last week.Motegi expressed "strong concerns" about Beijing's enforcement of a new maritime securi…READ FULL ARTICLE