Chinese premier arrives in Japan for 'feelgood' meeting
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Japan today for a fence-mending trip aimed at setting aside the key trading partners’ historical disputes and improving cooperation in business, environment and diplomacy.
Wen and his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, are expected to sign a joint statement that Japanese media said would avoid mention of disagreements over territory and the war-time past, and instead focus on working together
The three-day visit – the first by a Chinese premier to Japan since 2000 – is a high-profile follow-up to Abe’s groundbreaking trip to China in October, reversing a steep plunge in relations that had troubled the region and Japan’s top ally, the United States.
