President Xi Jinping called on Japan to honor its official remorse about wartime history and embark on trust-building measures in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng will meet with their Japanese counterparts Fumio Kishida and Yoichi Miyazawa on the sidelines of the ongoing APEC Ministerial Meeting.
China will extend a hospitable welcome to all visiting APEC leaders amid global media speculation concerning whether the leaders of China and Japan will meet one-on-one.
Premier Li Keqiang did not meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the Asia-Europe Meeting summit, a Chinese official said.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang met with Japanese business leaders on Wednesday to discuss ways of increasing friendly bilateral cooperation.
China, South Korea and Japan hold the 9th senior-level diplomatic dialogue in Seoul, discussing trilateral cooperation in fields of common concerns.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on a two-stop South Asian tour reasserting Tokyo's interest in a region where it has ceded influence to China.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picked two lawmakers with friendly ties to China for top party posts in an apparent signal to mend bilateral ties.
The trial of a Japanese politician charged with drug trafficking continues in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Wednesday.
South Korea and Japan are likely to hold a vice ministerial-level strategic dialogue in the foreseeable future, which had yet to be held under the Park Geun- hye government.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that he would reshuffle his Cabinet on Sept. 3, the first time since it launched at the end of 2012.
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao on Monday said the Japanese side should properly deal with issues concerning history and the Diaoyu Islands and have a correct view of China's development.