Japan and China to Restart Economic Dialogue Next Week
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, left, shakes hands with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi before a meeting on Jan. 28, 2018 in Beijing, China.
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Japan and China will hold their first high-level economic dialogue in almost eight years next week against a backdrop of rising global trade tensions.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Japan for three days from Sunday to meet his counterpart, Taro Kono, Japan’s foreign ministry said. The two nations established the dialogue in 2006 but haven’t held a meeting since 2010.