China, Japan vow to boost ties

TOKYO: China and Japan will push forward their relationship despite obstacles, outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said yesterday.

"During President Hu Jintao's visit (to Japan) in May, the two countries signed a joint statement on promoting a strategic relationship of mutual benefit, which clearly shows the direction of bilateral relations," Fukuda said in a message to the 4th Beijing-Tokyo Forum, which opened yesterday.

The Tokyo-Beijing Forum was co-founded by China Daily and Japanese NGO, Genron-NPO, as a platform for dialogue between the two countries' officials.