Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday sought China's cooperation in addressing North Korean provocations during his meeting with Beijing's top diplomat. "To solve the problem of North Korea peacefully and diplomatically, Japan wants to cooperate with China, which has a great influence (on Pyongyang)," Abe ...
In a meeting of top-level diplomats on Tuesday, Tokyo urged Beijing to impose more decisive sanctions on North Korea, seeking to end China's apparent inaction amid a recent litany of provocations by Pyongyang. "We made it clear that what is important for now is to ...
China's top diplomat said Thursday he wants to "solve various problems" with Japan in a meeting that could set the stage for rare high-level talks between the two countries early next month. "To improve China-Japan relations, I would like to have heart-to-heart discussions with you," ...
China on Wednesday accused the Philippines of ignoring its offer to set up a bilateral talks mechanism on maritime affairs, shortly before an international tribunal is expected to rule on Chinese claims in the South China Sea. China said its proposals have "fallen on deaf ...
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 ...
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi will meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his two-day visit to Japan starting Tuesday, both governments said separately Monday. Before meeting Abe on Wednesday, China's top diplomat will hold talks Tuesday with Shotaro Yachi, Abe's senior national security adviser, ...
China's top diplomat is likely to visit Japan later this month and possibly meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to lay the groundwork for an upcoming trilateral summit of Japan, China and South Korea, government sources said. State Councilor Yang Jiechi is also expected to ...
China is expected to appoint two men to its top foreign policy positions who have devoted their careers to Beijing's relations with the United States and Japan, reflecting in part the rising tensions with both countries, according to former diplomats and foreign policy experts. A ...
