The G7 foreign ministers' meeting concluded on the 18th in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The G7 countries are clearly divided on some issues, says Liu Qingbin, a scholar in Japan.

Japan's large-scale smearing of China and stubbornly provoking China-related issues despite China's concerns is to promote the reform of the United Nations and the Security Council, says Qingbin. The meeting is the highlight of Japan's home diplomacy before the G18 summit, and it is a "warm-up" for the G7 Hiroshima summit in May.