Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan will attend Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony in Tokyo next week, the latest sign of improving ties ahead of President Xi Jinping’s expected state visit to Japan next year.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Monday said Wang would attend the ceremony as Xi’s special envoy and he would also represent China at Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s inauguration for his second term on Sunday.
Relations between Tokyo and Beijing have been warming after they sank to a 40-year low following the Japanese government’s purchase of disputed islets in the Diaoyus – or Senkakus as they are known in Japan – in the East China Sea in 2012, sparking big protests in China, damaging trade ties and even raising fears of a military clash. But the turning point came last year, when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang went to Japan and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited China.
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