Surviving forced labors working for Japan during WWII in NE China's Jilin tell their stories.
Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force armoured tanks fire during an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji training field in Gotemba, west of Tokyo, Aug 19, 2014.
And a donation of 1,500 Chinese books to Japan's Soka University library could be the seed from which a friendship between two cultures grows.
China and Japan need to join hands, especially at a time when the European debt crisis is deepening, and that the opportunities for future cooperation is immense
An old idiom states that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach — and perhaps food could also help the bond between countries.
The 8th Beijing-Tokyo Forum opens in Tokyo on July 2, 2012.
Joint effort, cooperation and exchange will plays key roles in developing China-Japan relations, said Wang Chen, minister of the Information Office of the State Council, during the opening ceremony of the Eighth Beijing-Tokyo Forum.
China and Japan should work closer together amid the deepening European debt crisis to tackle regional and global economic problems.
Zhao Qizheng (R), presents a traditional Chinese painting titled "to help each other and overcome the difficulties" to Yuji Miyamoto, former Japanese Ambassador to China during a welcome dinner for the eighth Beijing-Tokyo Forum.