Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to hold their first summit on Friday in Peru, a government source said Tuesday. The two leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum gatherings and confirm that they will seek “strategic and mutually beneficial” relations, more than…
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…
China informed Japan that an “unexpected obstruction” was what caused one of its military planes to breach Japanese airspace in August, diplomatic sources said Saturday, seemingly attributing the blame to the Japanese defense force’s activities prior to the unprecedented intrusion. Beijing has not acknowledged any wrongdoing or outlined measures to prevent a recurrence, the sources…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is arranging his first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international gathering in mid-November, a source with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. The Japanese prime minister is expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit from Nov. 15 to 16 in Peru and…
Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he will make efforts to realize his first bilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but noted that no specific date is being discussed. Ishiba also told a press conference in Laos that he and Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed during talks the previous day to maintain…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, meeting for the first time on Thursday in Laos, confirmed the two countries’ policy of promoting mutually beneficial ties, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said, aiming to stabilize bilateral relations amid continuing tensions. Ishiba, who took office on Oct. 1, expressed serious concern over China’s breach…
Japan has agreed to send 16 crested ibises born in Niigata Prefecture to China later this month, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday, sparking hope the transfer will help improve strained bilateral ties. File photo taken in January 2014 shows an ibis found in Niigata’s Akiba Ward after being released on Sado Island. (Photo…
China reiterated its opposition to Japanese politicians’ visits to Taiwan Friday after Shigeru Ishiba, the former defense minister who visited the self-ruled island in August, won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters that China hopes for stable ties with Japan but declined to comment on 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…
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Monday urged Beijing in talks with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi to take steps to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens, especially children, in the country. The meeting in New York took place following last week’s fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. Kamikawa…