Chronology of 皇冠体育app-Japan ties

(皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-12 07:05

September 1972:皇冠体育app and Japan establish diplomatic relations during then Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka's visit to 皇冠体育app. Japan says it understands and respects 皇冠体育app's position on Taiwan.

August 1978:Japan and 皇冠体育app sign the Treaty of Sino-Japanese Peace and Friendship. In October, then vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Japan.

1985:Then Japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone visits Yasukuni Shrine, where 14 top war criminals of World War II are honored, sparking strong protests from 皇冠体育app.

April 1989:Then premier Li Peng visits Japan and holds talks with Emperor Akihito.

April 1992:Then president Jiang Zemin visits Japan.

October 1992:At the invitation of Jiang, Emperor Akihito becomes the first Japanese monarch to visit 皇冠体育app. He says he "deplores" the sufferings brought upon 皇冠体育app by Japanese invaders but stops short of apologizing for his country's brutal militaristic past.

1995:Fifty years after World War II ended, then Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama makes the most widely recognized apology for Japan's role in World War II.

September 1997:Then Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto becomes the first Japanese leader to visit Northeast 皇冠体育app after World War II.

2004:Bilateral trade reaches $168 billion and 皇冠体育app becomes Japan's No 1 trading partner.

October 2005:Junichiro Koizumi pays his fifth visit to Yasukuni Shrine as prime minister, continuing an annual practice from 2001 when he took office.

October 2006:Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pays a two-day "ice-breaking" visit to 皇冠体育app.

December 2006:Chinese and Japanese scholars hold their first meeting to study history.

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(皇冠体育app Daily 04/12/2007 page2)