March 22, 2015 – “China, ROK cautious about 70th anniversary statement” (Yomiuri)

China apparently used the recent trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting as an opportunity to pressure Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to exercise restraint in the phrasing of his forthcoming statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, while also urging South Korea to keep in step over the so-called history issue.”