China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday that the world is watching Japan's reactions as the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II nears.

The foreign minister made the comment to Chinese reporters after a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of a series of meetings on East Asia cooperation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

"Of course we are waiting to see (Japan's next moves)," CCTV reported Wang as saying.

Potential homebuyers take a look at residential housing at a sales center in Yichang, Hubei province, May 23, 2015. [Photo/IC]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet are trying to pass new security bills through Japan's upper house, triggering nationwide protests as observers said the bills are believed to betray the spirit of its pacifist Constitution.

Wang, a former Chinese ambassador to Japan, said that the recent changes in Japan's military and defense policies "naturally lead to concerns of many countries, especially neighboring countries".

"We hope that Japan could continue taking the path of peaceful development, which they have stuck to," Wang said.

Lyu Yaodong, an expert on Japanese foreign policy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that "Japan has not resolved its history issue", and that it is still attempting