China, Japan and South Korea seek 'cooperation' amid trade dispute

Foreign ministers make preparations for summit meeting of nations' leaders

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, left, and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, right, at a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday. © Kyodo

NANA SHIBATA and KOYA JIBIKI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/BEIJING -- China, Japan and South Korea sought to find common ground on Wednesday amid an escalating trade dispute between Tokyo and Seoul that has further soured relations between the two countries.

A meeting in Beijing hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with his counterparts from Tokyo and Seoul comes as China has signaled its intention to mediate the Japan-South Korea spat and help to ease tensions.

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