Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi holds a video conference with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on December 27
Hong Kong (CNN) The defense ministers of Japan and China on Monday agreed to set up a joint communication hotline by the end of 2022, a news release from Japan’s Defense Ministry said, amid tensions between the East Asian neighbors.
China’s Defense Ministry confirmed the hotline agreement in a statement without giving a date for its implementation.
The agreement — reached during a two-hour video conference between Japan’s Nobuo Kishi and China’s Wei Fenghe — comes with their countries in dispute over Taiwan and issues in the East and South China seas…