Japan PM Abe aims to improve ties with China

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said ahead of his trip to a leaders` summit in Jakarta that he aims to improve ties with China, and reiterated that he is ready to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. 

"I`m ready to meet with (Xi) if such occasion arises naturally. I would like to improve ties with China further based on the principle of a mutually beneficial, strategic relationship," Abe told reporters on Tuesday.

Sino-Japanese ties have chilled in recent years due to feuds over Japan`s wartime history, bitter memories of which persist in China, as well as territorial rows and mutual mistrust over Abe`s bolder security policies and China`s military assertiveness.