China-Japan ties may see Silk Road lift

Xi tells leader of Tokyo's ruling party that initiative may foster cooperation

The Belt and Road Initiative can become an "experimental field" for China and Japan to achieve mutually beneficial cooperation and common development, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday at a meeting in Beijing with a representative of the Japanese government.

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai came to China to represent the Japanese government at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which ended on Monday.