PLA official rips Tokyo's 'historical distortions'

Japanese panel questioned 'truth of Kono Statement'

Japan's latest historical revisionist move is fueling the tension above the East China Sea, making a political settlement more unlikely, senior officials and experts warned on Sunday.

Policy insiders from several nations said "a deeper problem" behind the historical and maritime feuds is that an effective regional security consulting mechanism is "yet to be established" to secure the sea.