Japan has sounded out China and South Korea about holding a trilateral summit in late July in Tokyo, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. The summit between the three countries would be the first since one held in November 2015 in Seoul. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes to ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, meeting with a business delegation from Japan led by political heavyweight Yohei Kono, expressed his desire to get relations with Japan on the right track. "This year is the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, ...
Ahead of an Asian trip by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that is expected to focus heavily on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called Wednesday for new talks to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Li said ...
Japan has entered final talks with China and South Korea to hold a trilateral summit in Tokyo for two days from Dec. 19, Japanese government sources have said. However, uncertainty persists over South Korean President Park Geun-hye's visit to Japan amid political turmoil due to ...
Japan and China are finding it almost impossible to hold a meeting of their finance, foreign and other key ministers by year's end as they agreed to do last year, diplomats with knowledge of the situation said Friday. The difficulty mainly stems from China's reluctance ...
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met with Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday during a two-day trip to Havana, and the two leaders oversaw the signing of around 30 agreements on economic cooperation in various sectors, Cuban state media reported. Li is the first Chinese ...
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law-enforcement channels after North Korea's fifth nuclear test, the White House said. China and the United States are also targeting the ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is to travel to Cuba to shore up relations with one of the world's few other remaining Communist states, officials said Wednesday, months after U.S. President Barack Obama visited the Caribbean island. Li will visit Cuba to discuss "how to further ...
Japan is working to arrange a trilateral summit with China and South Korea in late November or early December, aiming to strengthen cooperation in dealing with North Korea's missile development and countering terrorism, according to government sources. It would be the first such summit hosted ...
Despite vociferous rhetoric and confrontations over the South China Sea at the Asia-Europe Meeting, Japan's prime minister and China's premier took care to ensure their meeting could be viewed as a small step forward in bilateral relations. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met China's Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Monday amid concerns over trade and the ability of German firms and foreign non-governmental organizations to operate in China. Merkel met Li following a formal welcoming ceremony and was scheduled to meet later ...
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Beijing on Friday for the first leg of an eight-day trip that will also take him to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. On Saturday, he will hold separate talks with counterpart Wang Yi, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and ...
