Secret talks held over Diaoyu Islands
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="diplomats">diplomats</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="secretly">secretly</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Diaoyu">Diaoyu</span> <span word="Islands">Islands</span>, <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="communication">communication</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="ministers">ministers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span>, <span word="came">came</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="experienced">experienced</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="turbulence">turbulence</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> "<span word="purchased">purchased</span>" <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="September">September</span>.</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span>, <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="emerged">emerged</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="Defense">Defense</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Satoshi">Satoshi</span> <span word="Morimoto">Morimoto</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drill">drill</span> <span word="simulating">simulating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="landing">landing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="uninhabited">uninhabited</span> <span word="island">island</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drill">drill</span> <span word="was">was</span> "<span word="targeting">targeting</span> <span word="China">China</span>".</p><p><span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="Vice">Vice</span>-<span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Affairs">Affairs</span> <span word="Chikao">Chikao</span> <span word="Kawai">Kawai</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="officials">officials</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="counterpart">counterpart</span>, <span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="Zhijun">Zhijun</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Diaoyu">Diaoyu</span> <span word="Islands">Islands</span>, <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="Kyodo">Kyodo</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="nations">nations</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="enhance">enhance</span> <span word="communication">communication</span>".</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="am">am</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reports">reports</span>," <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="Chief">Chief</span> <span word="Cabinet">Cabinet</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span> <span word="Osamu">Osamu</span> <span word="Fujimura">Fujimura</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>.</p><p>"<span word="That">That</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="communication">communication</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="levels">levels</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="constant">constant</span> <span word="contact">contact</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="levels">levels</span>."</p><p><span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Lei">Lei</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="contact">contact</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Diaoyu">Diaoyu</span> <span word="Islands">Islands</span>.</p><p><span word="Relations">Relations</span> <span word="plunged">plunged</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="government">government</span> "<span word="purchased">purchased</span>" <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islands">islands</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> "<span word="owner">owner</span>" <span word="last">last</span> <span word="month">month</span>, <span word="triggering">triggering</span> <span word="massive">massive</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="boycott">boycott</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p>
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