SHANGHAI (Kyodo) Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, agreed Monday that the two countries will work together toward the creation of an “East Asian community” for closer regional cooperation.
Okada expressed the hope that the initiative will make the 21st century the “era of Asia.”
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