Japan leader heads to China
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travels to China for the first summit between the two nations in five years.
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The chief inspector of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog arrived in China on Monday on his way to North Korea, where he hopes to arrange the return of an IAEA team to monitor Pyongyang's promised reactor shutdown.
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Former president Lee Teng-hui ( æç»è¼ ) began a week-long visit to Japan yesterday despite protests by China, which was furious that Tokyo allowed the trip by the pro-independence leader.
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China and Japan stand at a "new  starting point" in their relations following Japanese Prime  Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Beijing in October, Chinese  State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan said in remarks published on  Sunday.
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Japan urged China to use its growing influence to make an impact on key global issues such as climate change during summit talks Friday that reflected the countries' warmer ties
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Japan wants to hold a leaders' meeting   with China sometime in October, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said   on Wednesday, adding that a visit to Beijing by new Prime   Minister Shinzo Abe was one option.
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Japan's new leader Shinzo Abe is ready to hold talks with China and South Korea at any time, a spokesman says.
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Japan's prime minister calls for increased co-operation with China, at the end of a four-day trip to the country.
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Japan formally invites China's top two leaders to visit next spring in the latest effort to mend damaged ties.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is about to start his visit to Japan, China and South Korea.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said he will bring up the intrusion of a Chinese submarine in Japanese waters when he meets Chinese President Hu Jintao this weekend in their first meeting in a year.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left on Sunday for a summit with Chinese leaders at which he will seek a thaw in ties chilled by the wartime past, and consult on North Korea's nuclear threat.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Sunday, seeking a thaw in relations chilled by wartime history and consulting his hosts on North Korea's nuclear threat.
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The number two in the North Korean leadership, Kim Yong Nam, has left for China to meet President Hu Jintao and other leaders. The dispute over North Korea&#39;s nuclear programme is likely to figure high on the agenda at the talks.
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Chinese defense Minister Cao Gangchuan arrived in Japan on Wednesday in the first such visit in nearly 10 years, hoping to ease tensions after strained ties halted top-level military exchanges.
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Japan urged China to use its growing influence to make an impact on key global issues such as climate change during summit talks Friday that reflected the countries' warmer ties.
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Japan said Monday that it would issue a visa as scheduled for Lee Teng-hui, the former Taiwan president, to visit for sightseeing despite angry protests from China.