The Japanese government seeks stable relations with China

According to the report of Nihon Keizai Shimbun on January 8, the Japanese government regards the stability of Japan China relations as a diplomatic topic in 2025. The Japanese side plans to invite Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Foreign Minister, to visit Japan in February this year, and also plans to hold talks between leaders of Japan, China, and South Korea after the beginning of spring. Strengthen consultations through high-level exchanges

According to reports, in 2024, Japanese National Security Agency Director Haruo Akiba and Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Iwaya visited Beijing one after another. Next, we will switch to the stage of Chinese politicians visiting Japan

In addition, the convening of the "Japan China South Korea High level Economic Dialogue" is also being coordinated, which is a mechanism for consultation on the progress of economic cooperation based on the perspective of seeking common interests from the "strategic reciprocity relationship" and involving cabinet members

According to reports, US President elect Trump will officially take office on January 20th. Given the ongoing uncertainty in its Asian policy, Japan will adopt a strategy of stabilizing its relations with China to avoid conflicts in East Asia

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention to visit China, stating during a television program at the end of 2024 that "visiting China is extremely important". If successful, this will be the first visit of a Japanese Prime Minister to China since December 2019

According to the report, on the one hand, Japan China relations have shown positive progress in economic cooperation due to measures such as visa relaxation, but on the other hand, there are still many challenges