Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) arrives at the Upper House's budget committee session at the National Diet in Tokyo on August 24, 2015. - AFP / Yoshikazu Tsuno
Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not visit China next week, the government said Monday, as Beijing prepares for a huge military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of Tokyo's defeat in World War II.
Abe had decided to put off a visit "given the situation in parliament", said top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga. The prime minister faces a parliamentary backlash over his efforts to expand the role of the country's military.
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