China responded to Japan's call to set up a maritime communication mechanism by asking the country to show sincerity and hold pragmatic talks with China on related issues.
Red Cross officials of Japan and the DPRK held talks in northeastern China's Shenyang City on Monday on how to collect and return the remains of Japanese who died in the country during World War II.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye demanded Japan to impart the correct history to the growing generation.
China on Friday urged Japan to act responsibly, after a senior Japanese official announced plans to reexamine a landmark statement offering apologies for Japan's wartime sexual slavery.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday that China still wants Japan to explain its nuclear stockpile to the world.
Sino-Japanese dialogue will be possible only after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ends words and deeds that jeopardize bilateral relations.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine has seriously undermined the political foundation for Sino-Japanese relations, a spokesman of the Chinese political advisory body says.
A Beijing court accepts a lawsuit demanding compensation for Chinese victims made by the Japanese to work as forced laborers during WWII.
Tokyo would consider re-examining a 20-year-old study that led to a landmark apology over its forced prostitution in World War II.
Beijing opposes a Japanese initiative aiming to draw up an act that would "lay the legal basis" to foster ties between Tokyo and Taiwan.
China has urged the Japanese government to make clear its stance on right-wing activists' latest pro-nuclear weapons statements.
China warned the international community of any comments attempted to vindicate Japan's invasion history.