Japan will further ease visa requirements for Chinese citizens as part of its plan to attract 40 million foreign tourists every year by 2020.
Premier Li Keqiang urged Japan to stick to peaceful development, as well as take positive policies toward China to improve bilateral ties when meeting with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Beijing on Saturday.
The 12th Beijing-Tokyo Forum is scheduled for September 25 to 28 in Tokyo and will focus on peace in East Asia and the world economy.
China on Tuesday called on Japan to follow through with its intentions to advance relations and make concrete actions to improve bilateral relationship.
South Korea on Thursday urged Japan to squarely face up history in a right way after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ritual offerings to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
A Chinese spokesman on Monday urged Japan to stop hyping up maritime issues to avoid further disturbing the bilateral relations.
A Japanese submarine visited a former US navy base at Subic Bay in the Philippines on Sunday - the first such visit in 15 years - in a sign of deeper international involvement in territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Many people in Japan call the new laws "war legislation," fearing the nation will either enter, or be dragged into, military conflicts that are not of its making.
Japan has appointed a diplomat with a specialized background in Chinese affairs as its new ambassador to China.
China urged Japan to stick to the path of peaceful development and promote regional peace and stability on Wednesday.
Tokyo must not "flare up tension in the South China Sea" or try to contain China by aligning with other countries involved in disputes there, says China’s ambassador.
Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Kong Xuanyou on Monday expressed the hope that Japan could show clear and positive signals on its China policy so as to further enhance the recovering ties between the two countries.
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