TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has conveyed to China its concern over the military drills conducted around Taiwan on Monday, Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiko Aoki told a regular press conference.

Lai delivered his remarks during celebrations in Taipei, just over a week after China’s much-lauded celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was a day celebrated across Taiwan’s often fractious political divide with the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) tweeting earlier in the day “The Republic Of China is undoubtedly the motherland of every Taiwanese people (sic).

VIENTIANE, Laos - The trilateral cooperative mechanism among Korea, Japan, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has gained renewed momentum for further growth, as all three East Asian countries have now established comprehensive strategic partnerships (CSP) with the ASEAN bloc.