The People's Liberation Army, the powerful military of the Chinese Communist Party, is in political disarray amid a feud over Xi Jinping's handling of the country's leadership system.

The foreign ministers of Japan and China have agreed to realize the Chinese minister's visit to Tokyo next year to hold high-level talks on economic relations.

By Liz Lee and Sakura Murakami BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -Talks between China and Japan's foreign ministers in Beijing have paved way for Japan to host China's foreign affairs chief next year, and mutual agreement to hold a security dialogue as soon as possible,

Talks on seafood trade are expected to be on the agenda on Wednesday when Japan's foreign minister visits China, Japan's largest export market for aquatic products until Beijing placed a blanket ban in protest against Tokyo releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the ocean.

Japan's top diplomat Takeshi Iwaya expressed "serious concerns" to his Chinese counterpart over Beijing's increasing military activity, Tokyo said Wednesday. Iwaya also told Wang Yi in Beijing that "Japan is closely monitoring the Taiwan situation and recent military developments", a Japanese foreign ministry statement said.

Japan's foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit China on Wednesday for talks with local counterpart Wang Yi, as Tokyo acknowledged "challenges and concerns" in relations.

Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya met counterpart Wang Yi and other top officials in Beijing on Wednesday, after Tokyo acknowledged "challenges and concerns" in ties.He met with Chinese counterpart Wang at Beijing's opulent Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Wednesday,

The one-day visit is Takeshi Iwaya's first to Chinese capital since becoming Japan's foreign minister in October, to discuss thorny issues with his country's largest trading partner

A Tokyo court on Wednesday sentenced a Chinese national living in Japan to eight months in prison over his involvement in a May graff

Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya raised “serious concerns” on Wednesday over China’s military buildup as he met counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, Tokyo said.

Noting that China-Japan relations are at a crucial stage of improvement and development, Li said China is willing to work with Japan to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries,