Japan airs "grave concern" over Chinese military drill near Taiwan

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday expressed "grave concern" over an ongoing large-scale military drill launched by China in the strait dividing Taiwan and the mainland, the Japanese government said.In a meeting of foreign ministers from ASEAN countries along with Japan, China and South Korea in Phnom Penh, Hayashi said Tokyo expects issues related to the self-ruled democratic island to be "resolved peacefully," according to the Foreign Ministry.The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations held the meeting with the three countries amid rising U.S.-China tensions…READ FULL ARTICLE