Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie on Thursday stressed the importance of people-to-people friendship between China and Japan.
Two giant pandas will leave their home in Southwest China's Sichuan province early next year for a 10-year stay in a Japanese zoo.
China and Japan on Tuesday conducted the first round of negotiation on the implementation of the principles of consensus concerning the East China Sea issue.
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President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to advance the strategic and mutually beneficial relationship between the two Asian neighbors.
Japan's languishing economy is getting a lift from hundreds of thousands of Chinese tourists who are eager to purchase brand name goods, from Canon digital cameras to Shiseido cosmetics.
Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan talked by telephone on Sunday, marking the official activation of the China-Japan prime ministerial hotline, the Foreign Ministry said.
Chinese President Hu Jintao met new Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan in Canada's largest city of Toronto on Sunday to discuss bilateral ties.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan offered his sympathy to Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao over the fatal landslide in northwestern Gansu province, saying Japan is ready to provide assistance to help rehabiliate the region.
China bought a net 735.2 billion yen ($8.3 billion) of Japanese bonds in May, more than doubling purchases for this year as it heads for the biggest annual increase since at least 2005.
Japan-China economic relations can better be categorized as complementary rather than competitive, said Chi Hung Kwan, senior fellow of Nomura Institute of Capital markets Research in Tokyo Tuesday.
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday called on closer cooperation with Japan in energy efficiency, sustainable economic and high-tech areas.