Chinese entrepreneurs from some 30 countries will gather in Kobe and Osaka for a three-day business convention starting Saturday in a further sign that once testy relations between the two Asian neighbors have finally started to warm.
Some 3,600 participants will take part in the Ninth World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention, aimed at strengthening the global network of Chinese entrepreneurs, according to the convention's organizing committee.
Japan for the first time will play host to the biennial convention, which was initially proposed in 1991 by then Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The convention has previously been held in Thailand, Australia, China and South Korea.