Japan to ease visas for Chinese visitors, boosting ties and tourism
Bernama
December 26, 2024 12:20 MYT
December 26, 2024 12:20 MYT
Japan will ease visa requirements for Chinese visitors, aiming to boost tourism and business ties between the neighbouring countries. File pic of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba by David Mareuil/Pool via REUTERS
BEIJING: Japan will ease visa requirements for Chinese visitors, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced Wednesday, aiming to boost tourism and business ties between the neighbouring countries.
According to Kyodo news agency, Iwaya conveyed the plan during a meeting in Beijing focused on cultural exchanges.
The move follows China's late November resumption of its visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors, previously suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier, Iwaya informed reporters that China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, has agreed to visit Japan early next year for a high-level bilateral economic dialogue.
Iwaya also confirmed the discovery of a new buoy in Japan's exclusive economic zone near Okinawa Prefecture, reportedly installed by China, and called for its immediate removal.
The diplomats reaffirmed plans to gradually lift China's ban on Japanese seafood imports, agreed upon in September, after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
-- BERNAMA