{
  "id": 2270781,
  "title": "Japan lawmakers to visit China in bid to cool row, but thaw unlikely: experts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-lawmakers-to-visit-china-in-bid-to-cool-row-but-thaw-unlikely-2270781",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T01:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364723/japan-lawmakers-visit-china-bid-cool-row-thaw-unlikely-experts"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A reported trip to China next week by a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers could carry “pronounced” symbolic weight but is unlikely to herald a thaw in ties between the two neighbours, Chinese experts suggest. For the first time since bilateral relations succumbed to a bitter chill 10 months ago, a delegation of Japan’s parliamentary members will visit Beijing from August 24 to 27, according…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Japan lawmakers to visit China in bid to cool row, but thaw unlikely: experts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-lawmakers-to-visit-china-in-bid-to-cool-row-but-thaw-unlikely",
        "published": "2026-08-21T01:00:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}