China tried to force Japan s embassy in Beijing to cancel its cultural exchange event earlier this month after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made remarks on Taiwan, sources close to the matter say.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi invited him for an official visit during a recent phone conversation, but arrangements are not in progress.
Japan is considering temporarily lending a statue of a famous Chinese Zen master to China in a goodwill gesture as next year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties, sources familiar with the matter say.
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