Japanese business delegation visits China to boost trade ties

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Japanese business delegation visits China to boost trade ties

2025-06-04 15:58 Last Updated At：06-05 00:57

A delegation of Japanese business leaders is currently visiting China, with hopes of further boosting trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.

A welcome banquet was held in Beijing on Tuesday evening for the business delegation organized by the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade.

Leaders from both China and Japan's main trade promotion organizations delivered speeches, highlighting the long-standing bilateral trade ties, and the deepening friendship between the two peoples.

"The Chinese government attaches great importance to the development of China-Japan relations, values exchanges between the business communities and enterprises of both countries and cherishes the friendship between the Chinese and Japanese peoples," said Ren Hongbin, Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

"All visitors to the China Pavilion at the Osaka Expo in Japan will strongly resonate with China's new image and develop a more favorable attitude toward the country," said Yohei Kono, President of Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade.

The event brought together around a hundred representatives from Japanese business associations and leading companies, covering sectors such as semiconductors, aviation, finance, and electronics.

Japan is China's third-largest trading partner, while China is Japan's largest. Representatives of participating Japanese companies at the event emphasized the importance of maintaining a strong and stable trade relationship between the two sides.

"The both of us are facing the great challenges from the United States. That's not something we really want. Of course, Japan has been taking the advantage of the free-trade system, like China has done before. So, we really want to [move forward] hands-in-hands with China," said Kenya Yoshiura, Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank.

"Many Japanese companies took part in this business delegation to China, reflecting the strong expectations of Japan’s business community for closer China-Japan trade relations," added Juichi Hirasawa, Senior Executive Vice President of All Nippon Airways.

Nicaraguan FM warns of militarism revival

Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.

In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.

"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.

He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.

"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.

"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.