China-Japan ties: talks between Wang Yi and Takeo Akiba herald crucial leaders summit

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi will hold talks with Japan’s top national security official Takeo Akiba in Beijing on Monday, aiming to lay groundwork for the first summit between their leaders later this month, Japanese media reported while citing government sources.

Sources told Japanese news agency Kyodo on Sunday that plans were under way for the inaugural summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who assumed office early last month.

The first high-level meeting between the leaders is expected to take place on the sidelines of an international event scheduled in South America. It could coincide with either the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum summit in Peru on November 10-16, or the Group of 20 leaders’ meeting in Brazil on November 18 and 19.

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The inaugural summit would represent a crucial opportunity to advance their strategic and mutually beneficial relations and improve communication on issues of common interest.

An earlier Kyodo report said the meeting would “mostly likely” take place in Peru, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.

Ishiba is expected to advocate for the swift resumption of Japanese seafood exports to China, following an agreement in September to progressively remove the ban, and will seek to advance ministerial-level economic dialogue between the two countries, according to the report.

The diplomatic groundwork for the high-level engagement this month follows a series of preparatory discussions, including a telephone conversation between Wang and Akiba on October 21.

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