BEIJING (Kyodo) Four scholars backed by an Australian university and 40 bloggers from around the world have launched a project to collect ideas on how to settle Sino-Japanese disputes, the project leader said Thursday.

Scholars in Australia, Singapore and the United States have launched a blog to collect ideas on how to bury Sino-Japanese disputes that they believe are holding back unity throughout East Asia, said Peter Van Ness, a visiting fellow at Australian National University. The project is called Reconciliation between China and Japan: A Search for Solutions.

ANU's Department of International Relations and International Center of Excellence in Asia-Pacific Studies are funding the project.