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By Hirotaka Kuriyama and Shinji Abe
Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
16:52 JST,
June 1, 2025
SINGAPORE — The defense chiefs of Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines expressed “serious concern” about China’s continued unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force in the East and South China Seas, during their meeting in Singapore on Saturday.