G7 ministers stress unity amid tensions with China and Russia

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during the Presidency’s press conference at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Karuizawa, a resort town north of Tokyo, on April 18.EUGENE HOSHIKO/AFP/Getty Images The Group of Seven industrial powers drew together on Tuesday to criticize China's coercion of Taiwan and Russia's threat to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, promising to intensify sanctions on Moscow for its war on neighbouring Ukraine. "The strength of the solidarity between the G7 foreign ministers is at a level not seen before," Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told a news conference after hosting a meeting of the group…