Special Report: President Hu Visits Japan
BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Japanese government, Chinese President Hu Jintao left here Tuesday morning for a state visit to Japan from May 6 to 10.
During the visit, Hu will meet with Japan's Emperor
Akihito and hold talks with Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo, the Chinese Foreign
Ministry said earlier.
The president will also have "broad contacts" with
leaders of Japan's parliament and political parties and people from all circles
to discuss the promotion of China-Japan relations and other issues of common
concern.
Prior to his departure, Hu said that the visit was
aimed at enhancing mutual trust, friendship and cooperation, making programs for
the future, and comprehensively pushing forward bilateral strategic and
reciprocal relations.
"Facts have proved that the development of long-term,
stable, and good neighborly friendship between China and Japan is in the
fundamental interests of the two countries and the two peoples," Hu told a joint
interview on Sunday with journalists from 16 Japanese media institutions
stationed in Beijing.
Hu's visit is the first by a Chinese president to
Japan over the past decade and is seen as a step to further improve the
once-chilly Sino-Japanese relationship, which started to warm with the
"ice-breaking" visit by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to China in
October 2006. That event was followed by the "ice-thawing" Japan trip by Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabao in April 2007 and Fukuda's "spring-herald" visit to China
last December.
Chinese president's upcoming Japan
visit to be one in "warm spring"
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (4th R)
talks to Japanese journalists at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,
capital of China, May 4, 2008. Hu, who is scheduled to pay a visit to
Japan from May 6 to 10, had an interview with journalists from 16 Japanese
media organizations stationed in Beijing on Sunday. (Xinhua
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BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said here
Sunday that his upcoming state visit to Japan will have the atmosphere of a
"warm spring".
Hu, who is scheduled to pay the visit from May 6 to 10,
made the remarks during an interview with journalists from 16 Japanese media
institutions stationed in Beijing. Full story
President Hu meets Japanese
journalists
BEIJING, May 4
(Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Sunday that his upcoming state
visit to Japan will have the atmosphere of a "warm spring".
Hu, who is scheduled to pay the visit from May 6 to 10,
made the remarks during an interview with journalists from 16 Japanese media
institutions stationed in Beijing. Full Story
Hu's visit to futher promote
China-Japan ties
TOKYO, May 4
(Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao is scheduled to pay a state visit to
Japan on May 6-10. The visit, the first by a Chinese president to Japan in a
decade, is widely seen as a move that will further promote China-Japan
relations.
Hu's visit falls on the 30th anniversary of the signing of
the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, one of the three key political
documents serving as the bedrock for developing friendly and cooperative ties
between the two nations.Full Story
President Hu sends message to Japanese
readers
BEIJING May 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao sent
a message to Japanese readers via a Japanese-language magazine "People's China"
prior to his visit to Japan. Full story
Japanese parliament leader hails Chinese president's upcoming
visit
TOKYO, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao's
forthcoming visit to Japan is set to have far-reaching impact on the Japan-China
relationship during a long period in the future, Japanese House of
Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono said Wednesday.
"I am looking forward passionately to the visit," Kono said during a joint interview
with Japan-based Chinese correspondents. Full story
Chinese president to visit Japan in early
May
BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
will pay a state visit to Japan from May 6 to 10, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
Jiang Yu announced on Tuesday at a regular press conference.
Hu's visit will be the first by a Chinese president to
Japan over the past decade and also his first foreign visit after he was
re-elected as Chinese President. Full story
