Japan has offered to ease visa rules for Chinese visitors as the two sides seek to step up engagements. Japan will extend the maximum length of multiple-entry visas from five years to 10 years, while the maximum stay for groups of tourists will also be increased from 15 days to 30 days, Japanese media reported….
Long-standing territorial and political tensions appear to be fuelling the intense mutual dislike between the populations of Japan and China, with one observer tracing the “shift in attitude” among Chinese people to Xi Jinping coming to power in Beijing. The poor sentiments were highlighted in a poll published on Monday that found 89 per cent…
The release of waste water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the ocean has contributed to strained relations between Japan and Hong Kong. In response to the release, the government moved last August to ban aquatic products from Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama. A year later, the…
Japan’s top envoy in Hong Kong has said officials from his country are in talks with local authorities over the city’s seafood import ban as he launched an inaugural exhibition on sushi. Kenichi Okada, the outgoing Japanese consul general in Hong Kong, also expressed his wish on Thursday for the city to continue shining as…
A Japanese diplomat has urged Hong Kong to make the “correct decision” and lift the city’s 13-month-long import ban on aquatic products from 10 prefectures as soon as possible, after Beijing signalled its intention to gradually roll back its own curbs. Kenichi Okada, the country’s consul general in Hong Kong, made the appeal on Wednesday,…
Hong Kong authorities will seek more information from Tokyo and Beijing to look into the possibility of easing restrictions on seafood imports from 10 Japanese prefectures, following the central government’s decision to “gradually” lift its own sweeping ban. “The Environment and Ecology Bureau will seek more relevant information from the authorities on the mainland and…