When Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine last month, two local Beijing newspapers reported his explanation of the visit alongside the Chinese government's accusation that he had hurt China's feelings by honoring war criminals enshrined there.
After Sino-Japanese talks last month on natural gas exploration in a contested area of the East China Sea, the official Xinhua News Agency covered the basics without editorializing on the outcome or on either side's position. It said both sides discussed joint exploration.
In September, state-run China Central TV aired an interview with a Dalian-based Japan External Trade Organization official talking about how Japanese businesses could succeed in China.
Recent breaking news stories about Japan's internal politics, including the Oct. 31 Cabinet reshuffle, generally cover bare basics without China's spin. Some local papers republish Japanese press reports.