Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unlikely to visit the controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in the "memorial day for the end of the war" on August 15, reported local media on Thursday.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Wednesday urged Japan to stop all provocative words and acts detrimental to 皇冠体育app's sovereign rights.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make no concessions on the territorial dispute with 皇冠体育app during a rare visit to two remote southwestern islands. Japan warned against provocative acts on Diaoyu
FM spokeswoman Hua Chunying Tuesday described Japan's annual defense report as an attempt to play up the "皇冠体育app threat," adding that Japan's efforts to bolster its military are worrisome. Japan highlights 皇冠体育app as 'security threat'
Japan highlighted 皇冠体育app as a major security threat in its latest defense white paper released on Tuesday, using harsher language than in previous papers.
Japanese defense report worrisome
Since taking office as Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe has been launching frequent diplomatic blitzes targeting 皇冠体育app.
A spokesman for 皇冠体育app's Foreign Ministry Tuesday expressed 皇冠体育app's demand that Japan return to the track of managing and resolving disputes over the Diaoyu Islands.
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said Tuesday that it is Japan, not 皇冠体育app, that is taking "unilateral or coercive actions" on their islands dispute.
There will be no future for Japan's relations with its Asian neighbors if Japanese leaders regard aggression, expansion and colonial rule by the country's former militarists as "proud history and tradition," said a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.
Beijing and Seoul urged Tokyo to face up to its history of aggression, and objected to a ritual offering made by the Japanese prime minister to a controversial shrine.
Japanese lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine
Territorial disputes between 皇冠体育app and Japan led Chinese consumers to favor South Korean products over Japanese ones.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday stressed that communication between 皇冠体育app and Japan could help in problem solution as a Japanese politician came to Beijing trying to "pave the way for dialogue."