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Professionals from China, Japan talk of bridging nations' strained relations

As the 45th anniversary of the normalization of ties between Beijing and Tokyo arrives amid a relationship that remains strained, media from the two neighbors discussed ways to break the impasse.

Yasuhiro Tase, a famous independent media professional in Japan, said at the 12th China-Japan Media Professional Talks, which began in Shanghai on Monday and end on Wednesday, that he had tried to do objective reporting on China since the normalization of ties in 1972.