Maritime security looms over G7 Summit in Japan (J Berkshire Miller, Al Jazeera)

Today, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is hosting his counterparts at the G7 Leaders Summit in Ise-Shima. The summit is to address a number of issues such as a unified approach to spur global economic growth and joint approaches to mitigate military escalation in Ukraine and Syria. But, arguably the most important area of discussion at the summit will focus on increasingly tense maritime disputes in East Asia

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