China, ROK may take measures to beef up security

Senior defense officials from Beijing and Seoul voiced concern on Thursday over Tokyo's belligerent and unapologetic tone regarding Japanese war crimes.

China's Defense Minister Chang Wanquan told Baek Seung-joo, vice-defense minister of the Republic of Korea, on Thursday in Beijing that the two countries should take precautions "against Japanese politics taking a hard right turn".

The Japanese Cabinet reinterpreted the nation's pacifist Constitution on July 1 to end its ban on exercising "collective self-defense", or helping a friendly country under attack, in a move that analysts said marked a significant shift in the country's politics.