Students foster ties with Japanese counterparts

TOKYO: More than 200 Chinese students began their week-long study tour of Japan yesterday. They will explore ways to enhance mutual understanding and friendship with their counterparts.

As the first group of Chinese high school students to visit Japan this year - the China-Japan Friendly Youth Exchange Year - the students were impressed by what they experienced on their first day.

Sun Xiaoyu, 17, of Beijing No 63 High School, was warmly welcomed when she visited the Naruse High School in Tokyo.