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At China’s request, the chairman of Japan’s junior coalition partner Komeito party would postpone his planned trip there, the party said on Saturday. From August 28 to 30, Natsuo Yamaguchi intended to travel to China in order to meet with President Xi Jinping and deliver a personal letter from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. According to a statement from the party, the Chinese side advised Komeito on Saturday that “the timing is not appropriate considering the current situation of Japan-China relations”. An inquiry for comment was not immediately answered by the Chinese foreign ministry. Despite domestic and international opposition, Japan started...
