New Delhi, May 7 -- Following Operation Sindoor, a targeted strike mission to destroy terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, Japan's Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi expressed concerns and urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and stabilise the situation through dialogue for peace and stability in South Asia.

"On May 7, the Government of India announced that it had attacked terrorist facilities in response to the terrorist attack that occurred in Kashmir on April 22. Regarding the terrorist attack that occurred in Kashmir on April 22, Japan once again strongly condemns such terrorist acts," Takeshi said in a statement.

"In this regard, Japan is ...