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China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that China and Japan have agreed to postpone a visit by the head of Japan’s Komeito party, the junior partner in the coalition government, given current strains between the two countries.
Natsuo Yamaguchi was planning to visit China from Aug. 28 to 30 in hopes of meeting China’s President Xi Jinping and to hand over a personal letter from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
China attached great importance to exchanges and cooperation with the party which has long been committed to promoting friendship between China and Japan, and “stands ready to work with it to make active efforts for improving and growing China-Japan relations”, the ministry said.