TOKYO, June 8 — Japan is watching the situation in Hong Kong with “deep concern” after China passed a new security law for the city, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today, and stressed the importance of steps that upheld the principle of “one nation, two systems”. His comments followed a...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a news conference on Japan's response to Covid-19, in Tokyo, Japan May 25, 2020. — Reuters pic
His comments followed a Kyodo news agency report yesterday that cited officials of Britain, the United States and other countries as saying Japan had decided not to join them in issuing a statement scolding China for the new law, which could endanger Hong Kong’s special autonomy and freedoms.
A government source familiar with the matter said Japan did not participate in the joint statement partly because of “rather short notice” and partly in order to focus on efforts by the Group of Seven nations, rather than the signatories. Other countries had expressed appreciation for Japan’s independent efforts, and it received no complaints, added the source, who sought anonymity because the matter was sensitive.
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