International relationsJapan-China friendship pact's 45th year marred by fresh tensions
Business community calls for top-level bilateral dialogue at anniversary event
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa speaks at an event in Tokyo commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Japan-China bilateral peace and friendship treaty. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)
YUKI FUJITA and YUKIO TAJIMA, Nikkei staff writers
October 24, 2023 01:41 JST
TOKYO/BEIJING -- As Japan and China mark the 45th anniversary of their bilateral peace and friendship treaty, friction over the Fukushima nuclear plant wastewater release and Beijing's detention of a Japanese national has cast a cloud over the occasion.