Japanese Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma said on Friday that China’s military build-up was a concern rather than a threat, retracting earlier comments that had triggered a rebuttal from Beijing. Tokyo and Beijing are making efforts to resume meetings between their leaders, which had been halted during the tenure of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi due to his annual visits to a Tokyo shrine seen by China as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism. Full Story