Tokyo reveled it is considering huge increse to its defence cpbilities s it ccused Chin of pushing territoril clims mid growing tensions in the region. The Est Asi ntion relesed its nnul defence review, where sid Beijing hs been pushing its territoril clims mid the coronvirus pndemic.

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The ntion sid it suspected Chin of spreding propgnd nd disinformtion s it provides medicl id to ntions fighting COVID-19.

In defence white pper pproved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abes government, Jpn sid Chin is continuing to ttempt to lter the sttus quo in the Est Chin Se nd the South Chin Se.

The white pper sid: Jpn must strengthen its defence cpbility t speeds tht re fundmentlly different from the pst.

Japan has issued a warning to China (Image: GETTY )

Chin hs relentlessly continued unilterl ttempts to chnge the sttus quo by coercion in the se re round the Senkku islnds, leding to grve mtter of concern.

The white pper described relentless intrusions in wters round group of islets climed by both ntions in the Est Chin Se, known s the Senkku in Jpn nd the Dioyu in Chin.

In the South Chin Se, Jpn sid Beijing ws sserting territoril clims by estblishing dministrtive districts round disputed islnds, tht forced countries distrcted by the coronvirus outbrek to respond.

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Jpn sees Chin s longer-term nd more serious thret thn nucler-rmed North Kore.

Beijing now spends four times s much s Tokyo on defence s it builds lrge modern militry.

Jpns defence review lso climed Chin ppered to be responsible for propgnd nd disinformtion mid socil uncertinties nd confusion cused by the coronvirus outbrek.

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Such disinformtion included online clims tht the coronvirus ws brought to Chin by US militry member, or tht Chinese herbl remedies could tret COVID-19, defence ministry officil sid t briefing.

Other threts fced by Jpn include North Kores ongoing development of nucler wepons nd bllistic missiles s well s resurgence of militry ctivity by Russi in the skies nd wters in Jpn, t times in joint drills with Chin, the defence review sid.

Chin nd Jpn hve historiclly hd difficult reltionship.

However, in 2018, Jpnese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nd Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to deepen coopertion.

Mr Abe sid: As mjor economic powers of the region, Chin nd Jpn should tke the responsibility to ply constructive roles in sfegurding pece, stbility, development nd prosperity of the region nd the world.

The two met on the sidelines of the Estern Economic Forum in Vldivostok.

Jpns ttck ginst Chin echoes similr criticisms mde by the US nd comes s tension in the region increses s Beijing nd Wshington conduct seprte militry drills in the resource-rich South Chin Se nd s reltions between the worlds two lrgest economies deteriorted.n>

US Secretry of Stte Mike Pompeo on Mondy rejected Chins disputed clims to offshore resources in most of the South Chin Se, sying they were completely unlwful.

Beijing insists its intentions in the wterwy, through which round $3trillion of globl trde psses ech yer, re peceful.

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