China, Japan smooth way for Wen's spring visit
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Japan and China began smoothing the way for a red carpet visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during talks in Tokyo that began on Thursday, but regional rivalry and friction over their wartime past lurked in the background.
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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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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder arrived in China for meetings with President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in a five-day Asian trip that will also take him to Japan.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sat they want to strengthen cooperation between their countries.
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TOKYO -- Japan's likely next premier, outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe, pressed for summits with China and South Korea yesterday after being tapped to head the country's ruling party in a vote heralding a swing to the right.
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The leaders of Japan and China agreed to a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a summit, overcoming a diplomatic impasse between the Asian powers that have been increasingly at odds.
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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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A summit between the two nations' leaders is a sign of how Japan's new prime minister is looking beyond the U.S. and embracing its Asian partners
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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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Japan yesterday confirmed it will issue a visa to former president Lee Teng-hui ( æç»è¼ ) as stated earlier, despite China&#39;s warning of retaliation.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sidestepped Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's invitation Tuesday to visit Japan, a sign ties between Asia's major powers remain bedeviled by a spat rooted in Japan's wartime history
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BEIJING  - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder left China for Japan where he will hold talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and have an audience with the emperor.
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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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While Pyongyang will likely delay six-nation talks on its nuclear programs, Japan&#39;s Foreign Ministry is preparing discussions with North Korea later this month in Beijing to finally get answers on 10 missing Japanese.
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French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie travels later this week to Japan, South Korea and China for high-level talks that will touch on key security challenges in the region.
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Japan has said it will hold its first joint history study with China next week and called for both sides to be open-minded so they can improve ties strained over the past.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing arrives in Japan for talks aimed at repairing tense bilateral relations.