Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is arranging talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Dec 25. During the envisioned meeting, Iwaya and Wang are expected to affirm China’s readiness to lift a ban on imports of Japanese seafood.
North Korea’s ongoing missile and nuclear development, and its deepening military cooperation with Russia will also likely be on the agenda.
Culture minister Toshiko Abe is expected to accompany Iwaya for a possible high-level dialogue on Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to foster “mutually beneficial” and “stable” relations in their first in-person talks in Lima last month, held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
