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Fukuda, Hu to okay regular visits

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Chinese President Hu Jintao are likely to agree on building a framework for alternating annual visits by leaders of the two countries, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

The Japanese and the Chinese governments hope the planned regular visits will become a symbol of the strategic and mutually beneficial relations that they have vowed to strengthen. The agreement is expected to be incorporated in political documents that Fukuda and Hu are scheduled to announce after the talks.