The Japanese and Chinese governments are considering holding a high-level economic dialogue, possibly in the spring, in China to discuss trade and investment issues, according to sources.
Through the ministerial talks, they would aim to improve ties based on a "new era" of relations that they agreed to establish during a meeting in Beijing in October between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Xi Jinping.
The sources said Sunday that China is hoping to promote ties with Japan amid its own trade friction with the United States.