Japan protests China's lack of communication before satellite launch

Japan has lodged a protest with China for not providing sufficient information about its recent launch of a weather satellite, despite the risk of debris from the rocket dropping near Japanese waters in the East China Sea, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday."It is extremely regrettable," Hayashi told a House of Representatives session, noting Japan had "strongly requested an appropriate response, including a detailed explanation" from China before the rocket was launched on Sunday, he said.Beijing did not respond to Tokyo's requests, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry s…READ FULL ARTICLE