Risk of incident from ‘coercive’ acts by China – Japan

TOKYO: China’s “coercive” behavior in waters around islands at the center of a bitter dispute with Japan is dangerous and could trigger an incident, Tokyo said in a new defense paper on Tuesday.

At a cabinet meeting, hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ministers adopted the defense white paper, the first annual report on Japan’s defense capabilities and regional security since the islands dispute flared anew last year.