07/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - Ashton on tension between China and Japan. On 26 December, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton took note of the visit of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. This site, which pays tribute to Japanese soldiers killed in combat, is considered by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japanese imperialism. “This action is not conducive to lowering tensions in the region or to improving...