Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday criticized China for what he termed its bid to "change the status quo by force" in terms of its relations with Japan and other Asian nations.

Such an approach is "wrong," Abe said on a television program, referring to the ongoing tensions being generated by the Senkakus dispute and other maritime rifts involving China in the region.

"Japan and China have indivisible relations, and the two countries must solve problems through dialogue," Abe said, pressuring Beijing to ease its conditions for holding a bilateral summit.