Veteran Chinese experts and military officers challenged the "active pacifism" recently pushed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying Beijing welcomes true pacifism, but in this case it appears there may be other intentions.
China and Japan should help each other and cooperate in a variety of fields to enhance mutual trust and improve strained bilateral ties.
Kazuo Ogura, advisor to the Japan International Exchange Foundation, called for Japan and China to join hands together to outline a blueprint for Asia at the Beijing-Tokyo Forum in Beijing.
A slump in business cooperation amid freezing political relations between China and Japan after the Diaoyu Islands disputes has imposed a new challenge for the two countries.
Japanese Ambassador to China Masato Kitera expressed deep concerns about the strained relationship between China and Japan when he was addressing the opening ceremony of Beijing-Tokyo Forum on Saturday.
China and Japan should rebuild faith to overcome difficulties and strive for sound bilateral ties and the peaceful development of East Asia.
Yasushi Akashi, former undersecretary of the United Nations, called for Japan and China to work together in establishing a crisis management system to reduce misunderstanding and bring intense bilateral relations to track
Ryotaro Harada founded the nongovernmental organization JIA for leprosy elimination. By 2012, some 11,400 volunteers were mobilized by JIA to help people with leprosy in 61 leprosy villages across Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Hainan provinces.
Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo and about 120 Japanese lawmakers on Friday worshipped the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during its annual autumn festival.
Japan beat hosts China 2-0 in the fourth round of the men's soccer tournament at the on-going 6th East Asian Games here on Saturday.
Evergrande became the first Chinese club to reach the final of AFC Champions league after breezing past Kashiwa Reysol 4-0 in the semifinal second leg.