BEIJING – Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, who resigned as a lawmaker last week, has been invited to attend events in Beijing marking the 30th anniversary of normalized ties between Japan and China, Chinese government sources said Monday.
Tanaka is the daughter of the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, who established diplomatic relations with China on Sept. 29, 1972.
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