Top political advisor says friendship, understanding key to improving China-Japan ties

Yu Zhengsheng (C, front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, poses for a group photo with a visiting Japanese delegation for a reception on the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 8, 2017. Delegates including Yohei Kono, former speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives and current president of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade, attended the reception. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)