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APChinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of their meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea RelatedChina's Xi Jinping holds first formal talks with Canada's Carney since 2017 Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping said they wanted to build constructive and stable ties between the two countries in their first meeting on Friday."Japan and China share responsibilities for the peace and prosperity of the region," Takaichi said at the start of the meeting on the sidelines of the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea."While there are various pending issues and challenges between our countries, I hope we can reduce those and increase dialogue and cooperation," she added.Xi said he was ready to maintain communication with Takaichi to jointly advance China-Japan ties on the right track, Chinese state media reported.Takaichi, a hardline conservative, became Japan's first female prime minister last week, raising concerns that Tokyo's relations with Beijing could deteriorate.Live EventsShe is accelerating Japan's biggest defence buildup since World War Two to deter China from using force to pursue its territorial ambitions in East Asia. Before becoming prime minister, Takaichi was a regular visitor to the Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo that China regards as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.She has also suggested that Japan could form a "quasi-security alliance" with Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by China, and said that any contingency there would constitute an emergency for Japan and its U.S. ally. China, which views the decades-old U.S.-Japan alliance as detrimental to its regional interests, has urged Takaichi to work toward improving ties between the two Asian neighbours.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel) Read More News onJapan China relationsSanae TakaichiXi JinpingChina Japan diplomacyUS Japan allianceJapan's first female prime minister (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)Read More News onJapan China relationsSanae TakaichiXi JinpingChina Japan diplomacyUS Japan allianceJapan's first female prime minister(Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless Explore More Stories123
