Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe broke with two decades of tradition by omitting any expression of remorse for Japan's past aggression in Asia.
Japan's military mindset resurrected
PLA begins live-fire drill in East China Sea
Shrine is an open invitation to extremists
Poll reveals gloom over China-Japan ties
Japan exports to China lowest in 4 years
Should Japanese politicians visit Yasukuni shrine?
China summoned Japan's ambassador on Thursday to lodge a strong complaint after two Japanese cabinet ministers publicly paid their respects at a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead.
Abe rules out visit to Yasukuni shrine
China urges Japan to reflect on history
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NGOs collecting money for victims of Japan
China Youth Voice on China-Japan Ties
Two Japanese ministers on Thursday morning visited the notorious Yasukuni shrine, a move that will further harm mutual trust between Japan and its neighbors.
Japan is willing to improve its ties with China and the relationship with China remains one of Japan's most important bilateral ties.
The strained China-Japan relationship is the most telling witness to how Japan's diplomatic policies have been held hostage by its domestic politics.
A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Monday denied Japanese media reports stating that a former senior diplomat is planning to visit Japan.
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua said Sunday that he is optimistic for the future of China-Japan relations, despite the lingering tension between the two nations.
A war is not a rational and realistic solution for problems between China and Japan, said a national political advisor and former defense ministry official here on Sunday.
China has urged Japan to make sincere efforts to mend bilateral ties, Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated here Friday that Japan-China relations remain one of the most important bilateral relations of Japan and should be improved through an overall perspective.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the New Komeito party Friday morning in Beijing.