Japan's Lower House has adopted a resolution expressing concern over the human rights situation in China ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which are set to open on Friday.

The chamber's plenary session passed the resolution on Tuesday with a majority of votes from the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner Komeito, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and others.

The resolution points out that the global community has recently been expressing concern about the serious human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Tibet Autonomous Region and elsewhere.

It cites infringements of freedom of religion and forced incarceration in those regions.

While the resolution doesn't directly mention China or use the term "human rights abuses," it says Japan acknowledges that forced changes to the status quo threaten the global community, and calls for an explanation to the rest of the world.

Following the vote, Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa said Japan has expressed serious concern about the human rights situation in the Xinjiang region and is working with other countries that share its values.

Hayashi said the government will continue to cooperate closely with the global community to firmly address the matter, based on the purpose of the resolution.

In the Lower House Rules and Administration Committee that was convened before the plenary session, the Nippon Ishin Japan Innovation Party, the Democratic Party for the People and the Japanese Communist Party said they would vote for the resolution. But they said it should be made clearer that the resolution was referring to human rights violations by the Chinese government.