Japan hopes to draft G7 foreign ministers’ statement on China security legislation on Hong Kong, says source


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Anti-government protesters march again Beijing's plans to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong May 24, 2020. — Reuters pic TOKYO, June 8 — Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on China’s new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers’ meeting, a Japanese government source familiar with the matter told Reuters today. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said earlier that Japan is watching the situation in Hong Kong with “deep concern” following the passage by China of a new law for the Hong Kong which could endanger the city’s special autonomy and freedoms....