Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, who is in Tokyo to attend the fourth round of China-Japan strategic talks, met in Tokyo on Friday with Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai, Defense Agency Director-General Fukushiro Nukaga and Japanese politicians including the Komei Party leader Kanzaki Takenori and the Liberal Democratic Party Representative Taku Yamazaki.

 

Dai exchanged ideas with them on the current Sino-Japanese relationship and issues of both concern.

 

 

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo (L) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Yachi Shotaro (R) during their meeting in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Feb. 10, 2006. The fourth round of China-Japan strategic talks was held in Tokyo on Feb. 10.

 

 

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo (C, L) talks with Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Yachi Shotaro (C, R) in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Feb. 10, 2006.

 

 

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo (L) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Yachi Shotaro (R) during their meeting in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Feb. 10, 2006.

 

(Xinhua News Agency February 11, 2006)