Japan, China Agree to Visit by Top Beijing Diplomat in 2025
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China and Japan agreed that Beijing’s top diplomat should visit in 2025, adding to signs the two nations are repairing ties that have been strained in recent years.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi would make the journey at the earliest appropriate date, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo said in a statement Wednesday. The visit would be the first by the Chinese minister handling foreign affairs to Japan in more than four years.