Mar 31, 2023 · China has said it hopes the visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi this weekend will help the two countries “manage conflicts and differences” after relations took a sharp...

Apr 2, 2023 · Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing and urged the government there to promptly release a jailed Japanese national.

Mar 31, 2023 · TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday he will visit China this weekend for talks with his counterpart Qin Gang, becoming Japan’s first top diplomat to do so in more than three years amid growing friction between the two countries, including new Japanese export controls and the detention of a Japanese national ...

Apr 2, 2023 · Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met his Chinese counterpart on Sunday and urged Beijing to promptly release a detained Japanese national.

Apr 2, 2023 · Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Sunday lodged a stern protest over China's recent detention of a Japanese national and demanded his early release in meetings with Premier Li Qiang and senior Chinese officials in Beijing after the incident further strained bilateral ties.

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has set his sights on visiting China this weekend, in an effort to right foundering ties, as Tokyo presses for the release of a Japanese national detained...

Apr 2, 2023 · Mr. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs: This visit to China is the first by a Japanese Foreign Minister in three years and three months.

Apr 3, 2023 · Yoshimasa Hayashi’s two-day visit in Beijing, the first by a Japanese foreign minister in more than three years, was welcomed with considerable diplomatic protocol, including a flurry of...

Dec 19, 2022 · Conservatives in Japan are concerned that Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will be ‘swayed’ on defence issues during his trip to Beijing, given his political and business ties to China.

Feb 3, 2023 · Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday he has received an invitation from his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang to visit China, as the two countries move toward stabilizing ties.