Special Report: President Hu Visits
Japan
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Chinese President Hu Jintao(C) arrives
in Tokyo to begin his five-day "warm spring" trip to Japan aimed at
boosting the strategic and mutually beneficial relationships between China
and Japan, May 6, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)
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TOKYO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The Sino-Japanese relations are
facing new opportunities for further development, Chinese President Hu Jintao
said here Tuesday.
In a written statement issued at the airport upon his
arrival in Tokyo, Hu said both China and Japan are important countries in Asia
and in the world, and "the development of a long-term stable and good neighborly
friendship between China and Japan is in the fundamental interests of the two
countries and the two peoples."
The Chinese president arrived in Tokyo Tuesday,
kicking off a five-day "warm spring" trip to Japan aimed at boosting the
strategic and mutually beneficial relations between the two Asian nations.
In the statement, Hu said this year marks the 30th
anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship,
and the China-Japan relations are facing new opportunities for further
development.
The president expressed the hope that his visit will
help enhance mutual trust, strengthen friendship, deepen cooperation and make
programs for the future, and added that China will work together with Japan to
open up new prospects for comprehensively pushing forward the China-Japan
strategic and mutually beneficial relations.
Hu said he will meet with Japan's Emperor Akihito,
have an in-depth exchange of views with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on
bilateral relations and other issues of common concern, and have extensive
contact with Japanese people from different walks of life.
He expressed the belief that through joint efforts of
both sides, his visit would achieve expected results.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in
Tokyo to begin his five-day "warm spring" trip to Japan aimed at boosting
the strategic and mutually beneficial relationships between China and
Japan, May 6, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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Hu was greeted by Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko
Komura and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai at the airport.
Hu's visit to Japan, the first by a Chinese president
in a decade, is seen as a step aimed at further improving the once-chilly
Sino-Japanese relationship, which began to thaw 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 last year and Fukuda's
"spring-herald" visit to China last December.
In an interview with Japanese journalists on Sunday,
the Chinese president said his state visit to Japan will have the atmosphere of
a "warm spring" and he wished for a "warm spring for the friendship between the
two peoples."
The Sino-Japanese relations are improving further.
The leaders of the two countries have maintained frequent contacts, and
cooperation in politics, trade, culture and defense has been fruitful.
The two countries have also held close consultations
on such global issues as climate change and sustainable development.
The economies of the two countries are deeply
intertwined. China was Japan's top trading partner last year while Japan was
China's third largest with two-way trade amounting to 236 billion U.S. dollars.
Japan's accumulative foreign direct investment (FDI) in China has reached 60.7
billion dollars, making Japan China's second largest source of foreign
investment.
"The improvement and development of the Sino-Japanese
relationship is in the fundamental interests of both peoples and also conducive
to peace, stability and development in Asia. We are ready to make joint efforts
with Japan to further the relationship," said Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Jiang Yu at a press conference on April 29.
China to offer a pair of giant pandas
to Japan for joint research
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) arrives
for an informal banquet held in honor of him by Japanese Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda in Tokyo, Japan, May 6, 2008. China is to offer a pair of
giant pandas to Japan for joint research. (Xinhua
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TOKYO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- China is to offer a pair of
giant pandas to Japan for joint research. Visiting Chinese President Hu
Jintao made the announcement here Tuesday at a dinner hosted by Japanese Prime
Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Full story
Chinese president meets kin of late
Japanese friends
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets
with relatives of Hiroshi Ohira, the oldest son of the late former
Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, in Tokyo, Japan, May 6, 2008.
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TOKYO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met
with the kin of China's old Japanese friends on Tuesday, the first day of his
current "warm-spring" trip to Japan. Full story
Chinese president begins "warm spring"
trip to Japan
TOKYO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
arrived here Tuesday, kicking off a five-day "warm spring" trip to Japan aimed
at boosting the strategic and mutually beneficial relations between China and
Japan.
Hu's state visit to Japan is the first by a Chinese
president in 10 years. 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
