Japan PM asks China vice president to peacefully resolve Hong Kong crisis

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan on Wednesday that Japan is "very concerned" about unrest in Hong Kong and called for a peaceful resolution.Amid violent demonstrations originally sparked by a controversial Hong Kong government bill to facilitate extraditions to mainland China, Abe stressed the importance of the current "one country, two systems" arrangement, adding restraint and dialogue are needed, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.Abe also asked Wang, known to be close to President Xi Jinping, to handle the case of a Japanese professor in his 40s -- detai…READ FULL ARTICLE