China accuses Japanese defence minister of โbaselessโ claims
China accused Japanโs defence minister on Monday of spreading โbaselessโ claims and sowing confusion, a day after he took a veiled swipe at Beijing. Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi had pledged on Sunday to keep strengthening Japanโs military and warned China was expanding its capabilities without sufficient transparency. His comments follow a months-long diplomatic spat between [โฆ]