The Belt and Road Initiative can become an "experimental field" for China and Japan to achieve mutually beneficial cooperation and common development, Beijing said on Tuesday.
Two senior Chinese and Japanese military officials met in Singapore on Sunday, People's Liberation Army's delegation to the Shangri-La Dialogue said in a news release.
State Councilor Yang Jiechi says that political trust is fundamental to a healthy, stable relationship between China and Japan.
The finance ministers of China and Japan exchanged views on deepening cooperation at the Sixth China-Japan Finance Dialogue here this weekend.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 14 Class-A convicted war criminals among 2.5 million Japanese war dead from WWII.
Fascism and militarism "must be held thoroughly accountable and eradicated" and Japan must educate its young people with "the right view of history", a Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday.
Premier Li Keqiang urged Japan to view China's development as an opportunity and pursue positive policies toward China to improve bilateral relations.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged Japan not to "hype up" the South China Sea issue.
Premier Li Keqiang urged Japan to stick to peaceful development, as well as take positive policies toward China to improve bilateral ties when meeting with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Beijing on Saturday.
Chinese FM Wang Yi says 'Japan should have a more positive and healthy attitude toward the growth of China' during talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.
Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will pay an official visit to China from Friday to Sunday at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Kong Xuanyou on Monday expressed the hope that Japan could show clear and positive signals on its China policy so as to further enhance the recovering ties between the two countries.