Japan plans 3,000-strong delegation to China

[Pangu]

Japan plans 3,000-strong delegation to China
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-02-26 11:19
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New Executive Council Chairman of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party Toshihiro Nikai arrives at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo Sept 3, 2014.[Photo/Agencies]

Japanese parliamentarian Toshihiro Nikai will bring a 3,000-strong delegation to China in late May this year, Nikai told a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, according to Japanese media.

Veteran lawmaker Nikai, 75, is a top executive in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party. He said the trip is aimed at improving relations between the two countries.

Delegates will include members from the tourism and other business sectors, as well as officials from local governments.

More than 200 senior business executives visited Beijing in September last year on an annual visit. The first such trip was organized by the Japan-China Economic Association in 1975.

Nikai headed a 1,400-strong delegation, mostly travel industry personnel, to South Korea in early February where they met with South Korean President Park Geun-hye.

The visit, which focused on the comfort women issue, was part of an exchange to improve ties between Japan and South Korea.

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[Aepsilons]

Wish the best for the delegation, and here is to further expanded trade links, investments, and warmer relations between Japan and China as well as warmer brotherly ties between Japanese and Chinese people.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Better communication, less misunderstanding and less chance for a third nation to spoil China-Japan relation and stir up for trouble.

 

[Sanchez]

China and Japan are in a deadlock of political disaccord, not economic. Does it make sense to send business men to mend the relationship?

 

[Pangu]

All the best to our Japanese friends. I read that there were 5000 applicants for these trip, too many so they have to reduce the number, lol. Even if politics are heading nowhere, people-to-people relationship should, hopefully, be maintained.

 

[cnleio]

A 3,000 Japanese delegation ... OMG ~ 3x Regiments !!!

 

[Aepsilons]

A 3,000 Japanese delegation ... OMG ~ 3x Regiments !!!

An army of businessmen lol