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Japan’s foreign minister on Monday expressed hope for Tokyo’s relations with Beijing to improve, as the two Asian powers prepare to mark the 50th anniversary of the normalisation of bilateral diplomatic ties next year. In a message to an online forum attended by experts well versed in the two nations’ affairs, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Sino-Japanese relations remained “in a serious and difficult situation” given that the Asian countries had different values and rules. Motegi also emphasised the necessity of people-to-people communication and dialogue to build a constructive and stable relationship. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, meanwhile, said in...
