Senior ruling party officials of both China
and Japan met in Beijing on Monday afternoon, hoping to repair bilateral
relations damaged by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni
Shrine, which honors war criminals.
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso on
Tuesday backtracked on his earlier
remark urging the country's emperor to visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, saying
he was not suggesting the emperor should visit the site in
this day and age.
The
Chinese Government sent a task force organized by the Foreign Ministry to
Karachi Thursday to help deal with the aftermath of three Chinese
engineers' death in
Pakistan.
The year 2005 ends with deteriorating Sino-Japanese
political relations due to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits
to the Yasukuni
Shrine.
The
Chinese Government sent a task force organized by the Foreign Ministry to
Karachi Thursday to help deal with the aftermath of three Chinese
engineers' death in Pakistan.
The
Chinese Government sent a task force organized by the Foreign Ministry to
Karachi Thursday to help deal with the aftermath of three Chinese
engineers' death in
Pakistan.