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China again refuses to apologize to Japan
KYOTO, Japan - China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on Saturday again refused to apologize to Tokyo for anti-Japan protests in China last month that damaged Japanese diplomatic compounds and businesses, a Japanese official said.
The two officials, meeting on the sidelines of a two-day Asia-Europe being held in Kyoto, Japan, also agreed to pursue discussions on how to compensate Japan for the damage, Takashima said. "To some extent there was no agreement and to some extent there was, I would say, a certain improvement in the situation," he said. Relations between the Asian giants have sunk to the lowest level in decades since violent anti-Japan protests erupted last month in several Chinese cities over Tokyo's wartime past and its push for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat. Trade ties have surged China and Japan, but differences over interpretations of World War II history and a tussle for influence in the region have kept them from forming close ties. The two also have feuded over the ownership of East China Sea islands, gas exploration rights, the division of exclusive economic zones and Tokyo's stance that Beijing refrain from invading Taiwan. The self-ruled island and mainland China split during civil war in 1949, but Beijing still claims it as its territory. |
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