Japan policy paper to call Chinese military "strategic challenge"

Facing China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan will raise its level of concern about its neighbor's military moves by calling them "the greatest strategic challenge" in an annual foreign policy report, a draft showed Wednesday.The expression in the Diplomatic Bluebook for 2023, changing from "strong security concerns" in last year's edition, reflects the government's long-term policy guidelines in the recently updated National Security Strategy that used the same wording, according to the draft obtained by Kyodo News.Beijing's diplomatic stance and military activitie…READ FULL ARTICLE