JAPANESE Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping may engage in talks on November 16 in San Francisco during the Asia-Pacific Leaders’ meeting.
Japan’s top National Security Adviser, Takeo Akiba, is expected to lay the groundwork for the summit during his discussions with senior Chinese officials in Beijing.
If this summit proceeds, it will mark the first discussion between the two leaders since November of last year in Thailand.
Kishida’s government aims to sustain high-level communication with China, following strained relations due to various issues, including Japan’s release of treated nuclear wastewater coming from the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, into the ocean, a move strongly opposed by China.
China also implemented an import ban on all seafood from Japan in response.
There’s also a territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, known as Diaoyu Islands in China.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden and Xi may also discuss and hold bilateral talks next Wednesday in a West Coast City in the United States.
