Japan has grown increasingly wary of Russian provocations directed against it, Japan's ex-defense minister told an audience at a Washington, D.C.-based think tank Sept. 9.
The Diplomat: Ex-defense minister says Japan wary of rising Russia threat

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, wife of President of the European Council Malgorzata Tusk, US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend the first working session.