A nonprofit organization is planning to plant 1,000 flowering cherry-tree seedlings in Beijing this summer as part of cultural exchanges and a gesture of bilateral friendship.

The Japan Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE Japan) said it will also hold a concert in Hailar in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on July 26 that will feature Japanese and Chinese performers.

Toyoko Nakazato, an opera singer who has spent the past decade doing voice training in Inner Mongolia and other parts of China, will act as a "Green Ambassador" and the main performer.