China and Japan are seeking mutual tourism investment opportunities as both countries have experienced increased tourist flows in recent years.
China and other members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have wrapped up negotiations over the text of the organization's charter.
A 3,000-member Japanese delegation arrived in Beijing Friday; an event observers hope will improve mutual understanding and trust.
China has rebuked Japan over a visit by the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the war crime-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
A 3,000-member Japanese delegation arrived in China on Friday, an event observers hope will deepen mutual understanding and trust.
A Japanese delegation with more than 3,000 members is visiting China, a development viewed by observers as the latest sign of progress in ties.
The latest remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refusing to recognize the rule of the Potsdam Proclamation will do no good to his country's international image.
China and Japan plan to hold a dialogue between their finance ministers in Beijing on June 6, China's Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.
Editor's note: In 1995, then Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, a socialist, made a "heartfelt apology" for the wartime damage and suffering caused by his country. Shinzo Abe, then a rookie lawmaker from the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, was one of those who opposed the move.
Japan should again apologize to other Asian countries for its wartime behavior, according to the country's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama.
China has published compiled documentary evidence from the Tokyo trials, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the victory of World War II.
China on Thursday warned Japan not to glorify the colonial past in its bid to list old industrial facilities as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.