AP Week in Pictures: Asia
May 24-30, 2024
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China, Japan agree to restart ruling party talks after six-year hiatus
TOKYO - China and Japan have agreed to resume regular talks between their ruling parties for the first time in six years, said officials from Japan's coalition government on May 29.
Why Japan and South Korea are rediscovering China
TOKYO – The most important thing about this week’s trilateral summit between China, Japan and South Korea is that it happened at all.
China's premier hails 'new beginning' with US-allied South Korea, Japan
SEOUL — Chinese Premier Li Qiang praised what he called a restart in relations with Japan and South Korea as he met their leaders for the first three-way talks in four years on Monday (May 27), agreeing to revive trade and security dialogues hampered by global tensions.
Can Japan, China resolve ‘deeply politicised’ Fukushima water issue? Experts say neither side able to back down
The bickering between Japan and China over the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has continued on the sidelines of the three-way summit in Seoul with South Korea, with analysts suggesting that neither government is able to back down.
North Korea condemns China, South Korea, Japan over denuclearisation talks at summit: ‘grave political provocation’
North Korea condemned China, Japan and South Korea on Monday for committing to denuclearise the Korean peninsula, describing their joint declaration after a rare summit in Seoul as a “grave political provocation” that violates its sovereignty.
China, Japan and South Korea Hold Regional Summit Overshadowed by U.S.
The leaders of South Korea and Japan on Monday sought to restore economic cooperation with China, their biggest trading partner, after years of souring relations, but their three-way talks were overshadowed by heightened tensions between China and the United States, Seoul and Tokyo’s most important military ally.
Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan to resume trilateral meeting to revive cooperation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan were set to meet Monday for their first trilateral meeting in more than four years as they seek to improve long-complicated relations that are key to regional peace.