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Japanese business leaders visit China

[2013-11-20 08:07]

More than 100 influential Japanese entrepreneurs are visiting China in search of business opportunities brought about by Chinese economic reforms.

US envoy to Japan Caroline Kennedy meets emperor

[2013-11-20 00:00]

Newly arrived US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy presented her credentials to Japan's emperor on Tuesday, traveling by horse-drawn carriage into the Imperial Palace in downtown Tokyo.

Japan urged to reflect on new CO2 target

[2013-11-19 11:05]

A senior Chinese official urged here on Monday the Japanese government to reflect on its decision to slash its greenhouse gas emissions target.

Japan softens targets for greenhouse gas reduction

[2013-11-16 07:36]

Japan on Friday drastically weakened its greenhouse-gas reduction target, bowing to the impact of a shuttered nuclear power industry but drawing international criticism at United Nations climate change talks.

Chinese official 'dismayed' at Japan's new emissions target

[2013-11-15 14:34]

A Chinese official has expressed strong disappointment in Japan's new target of cutting carbon emissions by 3.8 percent by 2020 compared to its 2005 levels.

Abe honors heroic Chinese student

[2013-11-14 09:14]

Shanghai-born Yan Jun (L), 26, receives a certificate of appreciation from Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his rescue work in saving a nine-year-old boy from a typhoon-swollen river in Osaka on September 16, 2013, at Abe's official residence in Tokyo November 13, 2013.

China urges Japan to improve bilateral ties

[2013-11-12 19:02]

China on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to heed advice to improve bilateral ties through concrete action.

Japan told to stop provocative talk: spokesman

[2013-11-11 22:02]

Japan was urged by a Chinese spokesman on Monday to stop its provocative talk after its country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe depicted China as a threat to regional security.

China demands Japan protect Chinese crew's safety

[2013-11-08 20:11]

China on Friday demanded that Japan protect the safety and rights of Chinese crew members days after a Taiwanese trawling boat was detained in waters off Kagoshima, Japan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.

China's trade with Japan slows in October

[2013-11-08 15:54]

China's exports and imports to and from Japan slowed in October from previous months despite bilateral trade showing signs of improvement.

Major conference discusses anti-Japanese war

[2013-11-08 15:50]

The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) and modern international relationships were the topics of a major conference attended by 130 international scholars at Chongqing University on Friday.

Strained ties dissolve hope for trilateral conference

[2013-11-08 00:12]

A meeting of senior diplomats from China, Japan and the ROK failed to agree on holding a trilateral summit amid Japan's tensions with its neighbors.