Chronologies
Japan - China
Chronology from Jan 2003 to Mar 2003
: Mainichi Shimbun reports the Dalai Lama will visit Japan in November 2003, at the invitation of the Diet bipartisan group “League to Consider the Tibet Issue.”
: Mainichi Shimbun reports the Dalai Lama will visit Japan in November 2003, at the invitation of the Diet bipartisan group “League to Consider the Tibet Issue.”
: Mainichi Shimbun reports Foreign Minister Kawaguchi will visit China, April 6-8.
: Mainichi Shimbun reports Foreign Minister Kawaguchi will visit China, April 6-8.
: Japan’s Trade Ministry announces that exports to China surged 66.6 percent in February.
: Japan’s Trade Ministry announces that exports to China surged 66.6 percent in February.
: North Korean refugees leave Japanese Embassy in Beijing and, after passing through Singapore, enter the Republic of Korea.
: North Korean refugees leave Japanese Embassy in Beijing and, after passing through Singapore, enter the Republic of Korea.
: Chinese Ambassador Wu calls on Chief Cabinet Secretary Fukuda Yasuo to discuss high-level political relations.
: Japan announces 25 percent reduction in Overseas Development Assistance for China.
: Chinese Ambassador Wu calls on Chief Cabinet Secretary Fukuda Yasuo to discuss high-level political relations.
: Japan announces 25 percent reduction in Overseas Development Assistance for China.
: Tokyo District Court dismisses compensation lawsuit for wartime forced labor filed by Chinese nationals.
: Tokyo District Court dismisses compensation lawsuit for wartime forced labor filed by Chinese nationals.
: China’s Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng announces sharp decline in China’s military spending for FY 2003.
: Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan addresses China-Japan relations during China’s National People’s Congress.
: China’s Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng announces sharp decline in China’s military spending for FY 2003.
: Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan addresses China-Japan relations during China’s National People’s Congress.
: Japanese Ambassador Anami Koreshige meets with Liberal Democratic Party’s Foreign Affairs Joint Committee to discuss China and North Korea issues.
: Japanese Ambassador Anami Koreshige meets with Liberal Democratic Party’s Foreign Affairs Joint Committee to discuss China and North Korea issues.
: Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits China and meets with PLA Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Guankai, Defense Minister Chi Haotian, and Vice Premier Qian Qichen.
: Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits China and meets with PLA Deputy Chief of Staff Xiong Guankai, Defense Minister Chi Haotian, and Vice Premier Qian Qichen.
: Japanese national and daughter flee from North Korea into China and are taken into custody by Japanese Embassy.
: Japanese national and daughter flee from North Korea into China and are taken into custody by Japanese Embassy.
: Asahi Shimbun reports on essay by China’s Ma Lisheng calling for new thinking on Japan and history.
: Chinese Ambassador Wu addresses Japan-China relations in a speech in Tokyo.
: Asahi Shimbun reports on essay by China’s Ma Lisheng calling for new thinking on Japan and history.
: Chinese Ambassador Wu addresses Japan-China relations in a speech in Tokyo.
: Four North Korean nationals enter Japanese school in Beijing and are taken into custody by Japanese diplomats.
: Four North Korean nationals enter Japanese school in Beijing and are taken into custody by Japanese diplomats.
: Prime Minister Koizumi tells Diet of his intention to continue to visit Yasukuni Shrine.
: Japanese national Hirashima Fudako, a refugee from North Korea, returns to Japan.
: Prime Minister Koizumi tells Diet of his intention to continue to visit Yasukuni Shrine.
: Japanese national Hirashima Fudako, a refugee from North Korea, returns to Japan.
: DG Yabunaka visits Beijing, meets with Vice Foreign Minister Wang and Asian Director General Fu Ying to discuss Yasukuni, Senkakus, refugees, and North Korean issues.
: DG Yabunaka visits Beijing, meets with Vice Foreign Minister Wang and Asian Director General Fu Ying to discuss Yasukuni, Senkakus, refugees, and North Korean issues.
: Foreign Ministry Director General for Asian and Oceanic Affairs Yabunaka Mitoji informs Diet that Foreign Ministry is working with China to deal with North Korean refugee issues.
: Japan’s Trade Ministry releases 2002 trade statistics, which show that for the first time Japan’s imports from China surpassed imports from the U.S.
: Foreign Ministry Director General for Asian and Oceanic Affairs Yabunaka Mitoji informs Diet that Foreign Ministry is working with China to deal with North Korean refugee issues.
: Japan’s Trade Ministry releases 2002 trade statistics, which show that for the first time Japan’s imports from China surpassed imports from the U.S.
: Foreign Minister Kawaguchi Yoriko tells reporters that a special emissary to China is under consideration to deal with the Yasukuni issue.
: Foreign Minister Kawaguchi Yoriko tells reporters that a special emissary to China is under consideration to deal with the Yasukuni issue.
: China’s Ambassador Wu calls on Vice Minister Takeuchi to protest.
: China’s Vice Foreign Minster Wang protests the Yasukuni visit to the Japanese ambassador.
: China’s Ambassador Wu calls on Vice Minister Takeuchi to protest.
: China’s Vice Foreign Minster Wang protests the Yasukuni visit to the Japanese ambassador.
: China’s Ambassador Wu Dawei calls on Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeuchi Yukio to protest Senkaku activities.
Jan. 14, 2003: Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro visits Yasukuni Shrine.
: China’s Ambassador Wu Dawei calls on Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeuchi Yukio to protest Senkaku activities.
Jan. 14, 2003: Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro visits Yasukuni Shrine.
: China’s Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls in the Japanese ambassador to protest Japan’s leasing of privately held islands in the Senkaku/Daoyutai island chain.
: China’s Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls in the Japanese ambassador to protest Japan’s leasing of privately held islands in the Senkaku/Daoyutai island chain.