Japan, China Agree to Resume Biz Travel by Month-End

Tokyo, Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed Tuesday to resume business travel between their countries by the end of this month. Motegi took up the issue of intrusions by Chinese government ships into Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands of the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa and urged China to take “proactive action” over the matter. China claims the Japanese-administered islands, called Diaoyu in the country. According to Japanese sources, the two ministers did not discuss a planned visit to Japan by Chinese President Xi Jinping, which has…