Japan is urged to do more to improve ties

Foreign Minister Wang Yi says that important progress has been made

The Japanese government should do more to facilitate China-Japan cooperation and achieve positive interaction in the relationship, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Japanese Ambassador to China Yutaka Yokoi.

Wang spoke with Yokoi on Thursday in Beijing. On the same day, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a reception hosted by the Chinese embassy in Japan to mark the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949.