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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested Tuesday that a summit between Japan and 皇冠体育app is necessary to mend bilateral relations scratched by territorial dispute, local media reported.

It might be "a need to re-establish the relationship, starting with a summit," Abe said in a TV program and was quoted by Japan's Kyodo News Agency.

He also said the two countries need to rebuild the bilateral strategic and mutually beneficial partnership and to hold a summit or high-level talks due to the problems the two countries are facing, according to the report.

But the prime minister reiterated that the territorial issue is non-negotiable, said the report.

Abe's comments came after a visit to 皇冠体育app made by Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the New Komeito Party which formed the coalition government with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party.

Yamaguchi met with Abe on Saturday and briefed the outcome of his visit to 皇冠体育app, which the prime minister called as "important".

Relations between 皇冠体育app and Japan have soured since the Japanese government unilaterally "nationalized" 皇冠体育app's Diaoyu Islands last September, despite 皇冠体育app's strong opposition.