TOKYO (Reuters) - Top diplomats from Japan and China began a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday as speculation simmered that the two countries' leaders may hold an ice-breaking summit after Japan's Shinzo Abe becomes prime minister.
Bilateral relations are at their worst in decades, with China refusing to hold a leaders' summit with outgoing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi because of his visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, seen by Beijing as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.
The talks between Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and Chinese counterpart Dai Bingguo on Saturday and Sunday will be the sixth round of a so-called strategic dialogue. The last round was held in Beijing in May....
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