Rising tensions risk stability in key sea corridor
By MAYA KANEKO
Kyodo
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — An accord between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations to defuse tension over territorial disputes in the South China Sea is of considerable importance to Japan, which itself is engaged in spats with China in the East China Sea.
Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto told reporters in Indonesia, where he attended ASEAN-related events, that he welcomes an accord between China and ASEAN on the guidelines to govern behavior in the South China Sea "as a step forward" to resolving the rows based on laws.
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