Sino-Japanese relations are in their "most important phase," a Japanese source says, adding that to move them forward, a great deal of wisdom will be "essential." (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Kyodo)

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KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer

October 26, 2023 04:00 JST

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

A senior local government official from China's inland area recently approached an old Japanese friend with an earnest request.