China may be a step closer to reopening its doors to Japanese seafood imports after Beijing signalled it was keen to strengthen trade in food and agricultural products. Meeting his Japanese counterpart Taku Eto in Beijing on Friday, China’s agriculture minister Han Jun said that both sides should deepen cooperation, and noted that relations were…
A Japan visit by China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in February has been studied by the two governments, several diplomatic sources said Thursday, with the trip, if realized, to become the first by a Chinese foreign minister since November 2020. The two countries also plan to hold a bilateral high-level economic dialogue for the first…
Chinese police have formally arrested and are expected to prosecute a Chinese man in his 40s on suspicion of murder in the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in September, diplomatic sources said Saturday. The Japanese government has requested China share details of its investigation into the killing of the 10-year-old pupil in Shenzhen, southern…
China restarted its unilateral visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors on Saturday, allowing stays of up to 30 days in a move believed to be aimed at promoting tourism and trade amid a downturn in the world’s second-largest economy. The preferential treatment had been suspended since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The step…
China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, and Takeo Akiba, Japan’s chief national security adviser, held marathon talks in Beijing on Monday and agreed to maintain dialogue at various levels, including between their leaders, Akiba told reporters. Their meeting was intended to lay the groundwork for the first summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took…
The United States and its allies should form a coalition that can be a sort of NATO to counter China’s economic coercion with a unified stance, Washington’s envoy to Japan said in an opinion piece published Wednesday. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said in an article for The Wall Street Journal that the administration…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory message to Shigeru Ishiba, who was elected Japan’s new prime minister by parliament Tuesday, state-run media reported Wednesday. When Ishiba last Friday won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters that China hopes for stable ties with Japan. Related coverage:…
China said Wednesday its army test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into a designated area on the high seas in the Pacific earlier in the day. The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force launched the ICBM carrying a dummy warhead at 8:44 a.m., China’s defense ministry said in a statement. It said the test, part of the…
China has called on its citizens traveling to Japan or living in the country to exercise caution, following the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen a week ago. “With the National Day holiday approaching…please enhance awareness of safety precautions and ensure safe travel in light of the current…
A Japanese senior vice foreign minister on Monday strongly urged Beijing to take concrete steps to ensure the safety of expatriates in China after the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in the southern city of Shenzhen last week, the Japanese government said. During a meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, Yoshifumi Tsuge…