Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he expressed to President Xi Jinping his “serious concerns” about Chinese military activity in the region and its collaboration with Russia, in their first meeting in a year. “I also expressed our serious concerns over China’s increasing military activity near Japan, including its collaboration with Russia. At the same time, I re-emphasised the extreme importance of the Taiwan Strait’s peace and stability to the international community including Japan,” Kishida said after meeting Xi in the United States.