Ex-Japan Foreign Minister Iwaya to Visit China from Sun.
Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit China for four days from Sunday as the new head of Japan's Association for the Promotion of International Trade, a group for friendship with China, it was learned Friday. Work is underway to schedule meetings between Iwaya, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and high-ranking Chinese governm...
Former Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is scheduled to visit China for a four-day stay starting from Sunday, according to a report by Jiji Press. This visit comes as Iwaya assumes his position as the new head of Japan's Association for the Promotion of International Trade, an organization dedicated to fostering friendship with China.
The association is currently working to arrange meetings between Iwaya and high-ranking Chinese government officials in Beijing, as confirmed by sources close to the matter. It was initially planned for the association to send a delegation to China in June, but this was postponed following the passing of Yohei Kono, the former speaker of Japan's House of Representatives and the former head of the association, in June.
In Kono's absence, Gaku Hashimoto, a Lower House member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), served as the acting chairman of the association. Despite recent tension in Japan-China relations due to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about a potential contingency concerning Taiwan in November last year, efforts to enhance exchanges between the two nations are currently underway.
These initiatives are being pursued in the lead-up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit, which is set to take place in China in November of this year.
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