The foreign ministers of Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to "pay close attention" to China after President Xi Jinping started last month a rare third term as chief of the ruling Communist Party with new leadership, according to a Japanese official.Meeting on the sidelines of the Group of Seven foreign ministerial gathering in Germany, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also reaffirmed close bilateral cooperation toward the denuclearization of North Korea as concerns grow over a barrage of missile tests by Pyongyang.The launche…READ FULL ARTICLE
