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Tokyo

Yang Jiechi co-chairs fourth dialogue

State Councilor Yang Jiechi began a three-day visit to Japan on Monday, co-chairing the fourth high-level political dialogue between China and Japan with Shotaro Yachi, head of the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council. Yang said political trust is the fundamental guarantee for a healthy, stable relationship between the two countries. The importance that China attaches to developing relations with Japan remains unchanged, and it hopes Japan will keep up with the times.