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Japan's huge military expense questioned
(China Daily/chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-12-14 06:20
He is also reportedly expected to propose a specific plan to extend Japan's
technological co-operation in the fields of energy-saving and new energy sources
to help China resolve increasingly serious air pollution and other environmental
problems.
Maehara also made a speech titled "Sino-Japanese relations are the basis for
peace and stability of Asia" at a forum of the China Foreign Affairs University
on Monday and has criticized his prime minister's visit to the war time Yasukuni
Shrine, which has emerged as the biggest source of tension between Japan and its
Asian neighbours.
In another development, Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday said sour ties between
China and Japan still lingered because the Japanese leaders failed to correctly
face up to the historical issue by repeated visits to the Yasukuni Shrine,
according to the Foreign Ministry.
Wen made the remarks in Kuala Lumpur when attending the first East Asia
Summit, saying the key to the issue is that Japanese leaders must go with the
trend of the world, take history as a mirror, face up to the future and take
practical actions so as not to disturb and undermine the Sino-Japanese
relationship.
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