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.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looked very stern when he shook hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in front of their countries' national flags ahead of their first meeting. In fact, Ishiba neither made eye contact with Xi properly nor smiled.
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