TOKYO -- Every 10 years, Tokyo and Beijing engage in psychological warfare over the Chinese leader's official visit to Japan, no matter how well or badly the two Asian powers are getting along.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping at a meeting in Osaka, on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in June 2019. Xi's next trip to Japan will be his first official visit to the country as top leader.
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