The foreign ministers of Japan and China have agreed to realize the Chinese minister's visit to Tokyo next year to hold high-level talks on economic relations.

China and Japan agreed that Beijing’s top diplomat should visit in 2025, adding to the signs the two nations are repairing ties that have been strained in recent years.

A Tokyo court on Wednesday sentenced a Chinese national living in Japan to eight months in prison over his involvement in a May graff

Japan's top diplomat Takeshi Iwaya expressed "serious concerns" to his Chinese counterpart over Beijing's increasing military activity, Tokyo said Wednesday. Iwaya also told Wang Yi in Beijing that "Japan is closely monitoring the Taiwan situation and recent military developments", a Japanese foreign ministry statement said.

Noting that China-Japan relations are at a crucial stage of improvement and development, Li said China is willing to work with Japan to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries,

Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya raised “serious concerns” on Wednesday over China’s military buildup as he met counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, Tokyo said.

The one-day visit is Takeshi Iwaya's first to Chinese capital since becoming Japan's foreign minister in October, to discuss thorny issues with his country's largest trading partner

Japanese Foreign Minister expresses concerns over China's military buildup during meeting in Beijing with counterpart Wang Yi.

By Liz Lee and Sakura Murakami BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -Seafood trade is expected to be on the agenda on Wednesday as Japan's foreign minister visits China, Japan's largest export market for aquatic products until Beijing banned them in protest against Tokyo releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the ocean.

Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya met counterpart Wang Yi and other top officials in Beijing on Wednesday, after Tokyo acknowledged "challenges and concerns" in ties.He met with Chinese counterpart Wang at Beijing's opulent Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Wednesday,

Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya was due in Beijing on Wednesday for talks with counterpart Wang Yi and other top officials as Tokyo acknowledged "challenges and concerns" in ties. "Between Japan and China,