Youth visit to bring Chinese, Japanese people closer

For 76-year-old Jia Di'e, the weeklong trip to Japan brings back warm memories of a visit to Tokyo he made with President Hu Jintao 23 years ago.

Jia, currently deputy director of the Board Trustees of China Youth Center for International Personnel Exchanges, is part of a 200-strong Chinese Youth Delegation who arrived in Japan on Sunday as part of the China-Japan Friendly Exchange Year.

The delegation will also attend the opening ceremony of the exchange year with Hu on Thursday in the Japanese capital.