Japan's Abe in China for ice-breaking summit
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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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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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North Korea&#39;s No. 2 leader arrived in Beijing Monday for a visit that a state newspaper said Chinese leaders were expected to use to press the North to resume stalled six-nation talks on the dispute over its nuclear program.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will  visit China on October 8 and South Korea the next day for talks  with their leaders in a bid to repair ties frayed by disputes  over their bitter wartime past, but North Korea's nuclear  threat looks set to grab a prominent place on the agenda.
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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe,   pledged on Tuesday to boost his country's role in global   affairs while trying to improve relations with China, frayed by   predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo war shrine.
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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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SANTIAGO (Kyodo) Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday that Japan and China should promote friendly relations even if there are thorny issues between them, an apparent reference to China&#39;s criticism of his repeated visits to Yasukuni Shrine.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Berlin on Tuesday ahead of his first G8 summit, saying the Asian power would use its clout to act as a go-between in the fraught debate on climate change.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will  make his first visit to China next week in a bid to strengthen  ties, but with a breakthrough in a natural resources dispute  unlikely he could face further trouble back home.
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Japan wants to hold a leaders' meeting   with China 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 on Thursday hailed warming relations with China as it hosted the neighbouring giant&#39;s defence minister for the first time in nearly a decade.
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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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Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived Sunday in Beijing for a two-day visit after holding talks in Tokyo. China expects &quot;to have an extensive exchange of views&quot; with the
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will make his first visit to China next week in a bid to strengthen ties, but with a breakthrough in a natural resources dispute unlikely he could face further trouble back home.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao ( è¡é¦æ¿¤ ) on Sunday warned Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that his controversial visits to a shrine honoring war criminals are the &quot;crux&quot; of the problem in Sino-Japanese ties.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will make his first visit to China next week in a bid to strengthen ties, but with a breakthrough in a natural resources dispute unlikely, he could land in the hot seat back home.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to visit Beijing for two days from Saturday and meet Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing sources familiar with the situation.