Japan did not seem to worry about its economic ties with China when the political front was frigidly cold during the five-and-a-half years of Junichiro Koizumi's premiership.
China holds an active attitude toward economic and trade cooperation with Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), Vice-Foreign Minister Fu Ying said on Saturday.
A 3,000-ton marine surveillance ship, the Haijian 110, started its maiden voyage to patrol waters in the Yellow Sea and protect undersea cables.
China opposes Japan's so-called "actual control" of the Diaoyu Islands and the waters surrounding them, Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
Japanese firms are not pulling out of the Chinese market despite tension over the Diaoyu Islands, a Japanese envoy said. 
Diaoyu Islands Dispute
Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the United States military began joint drills in airspace and sea near Okinawa prefecture on Monday.
Beijing has lodged an official protest with Tokyo over the Dalai Lama's trip to Japan, which comes amid tense relations between the two nations.
Special: Diaoyu Islands dispute
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry on Monday said senior Chinese diplomats will make no concessions on sovereignty issues in upcoming talks with Japanese counterparts.
Chinese diplomats asked Japan not to deny history, as Chinese ships continued to conduct regular patrols to defend China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu islands.
Four Chinese marine surveillance ships patrolled waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Sunday, according to a statement from the State Oceanic Administration.
Chinese communities in Panama, Honduras and other Latin American countries Friday expressed their support for China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.
Chinese ambassador to EU Wu Hailong has rejected Japan's latest claims over the Diaoyu Islands and warned against any attempt to deny history. Japan urged to reflect on history Chinese communities in LatAm back China's sovereignty China confirms latest Diaoyu Islands sea patrol Special
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