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CNBC (8 December 2020)

Abigail Ng

Japan’s state minister of defense says China’s growing maritime activities in the waters surrounding Japan is a threat.

“We feel fear from the Chinese expanding naval power throughout the Pacific Ocean,” Yasuhide Nakayama told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Tuesday as part of Milken Institute’s Asia Summit.

China and Japan have had a longstanding dispute over a series of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. Known as the Diaoyu islands to China and the Senkaku islands to Japan, the two sides have often clashed over the disputed territory, but agreed last month to continue discussions.

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