Japan defence review slams China’s virus ‘disinformation’

China has been spreading “disinformation” about the coronavirus and its naval activities are a matter of “grave” concern, Japan said in its annual defence review published Tuesday. After a period of warming relations between the two Asian powers last year, ties have cooled in recent months amid international souring of sentiment on China over the virus and Beijing’s imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong. The closely watched paper on…