Japan and China agreed Thursday to cooperate further in combating organized international crimes, such as drug smuggling and the illegal entry of Chinese citizens into Japan, Foreign Ministry officials said.
In a two-day meeting in Tokyo on international crimes, Japan hailed China’s efforts to stop groups of Chinese stowaways coming into Japan, with the number of arrests having fallen sharply to 74 as of the end of November from 699 a year earlier.
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