U. N. Secretary Kafi Annan requests a meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and Chinese President Hu

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• U. N. Secretary Kafi Annan requests a meeting
  between Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and
  Chinese President Hu

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Chinese demonstrators in cities such as Shanghai
and Beijing
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History of Relationship

• 1895- Japan wins Sino-Japanese War

1931 - Japan carries out a coup against the
Chinese in Shenyang (Mukden) known as the "Mukden
Incident" on September 18.
1937 - Japan invades mainland China from its
foothold in Manchuria and in December takes
Nanjing.
1945 - Japan surrenders and removes troops from
China
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History(contd)

• 1972 - Tokyo and Beijing establish diplomatic
  relations. Japan says it understands and respects
  China's position on Taiwan, which it regards as a
  renegade province.

1985 - Prime Minister Nakasone visits Tokyo's
Yasukuni Shrine sparking anti-Japanese protests
in China.
1995 - Fifty years after World War II ended,
Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama makes Japan's
most widely recognized apology for starting a
conflict that killed up to 20 million people.
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History(contd)
1998 - Beijing and Tokyo fail to close the book
on their bitter past during Chinese President
Jiang's November visit Japan expressed only "deep
remorse", rather than the written war apology
sought by China, and Tokyo stood firm against
Beijing's demand for a clearer statement that
Japan would not support Taiwan independence.

• 2001 - Sino-Japanese ties sour after
  newly-elected Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
  visited the Yasukuni Shrine.

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Reason for Current Protest

• Angry about new Japanese history books that
  ignore war crimes of World War II

Opposition to Japans attempt to gain permanent
seat on the U.N. Security
Council
The Taiwan Issue
East China Sea Disputes
Visits by Japanese prime ministers to the
Yasukuni shrine
Japanese Courts rejection of lawsuit filed by
Chinese surivors of WWII attrocities
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Chinese Opposition

• China feels Japan is trying to buy a permanent
  seat on the U.N. Security Council

Many Chinese feel that Japans history of
invasions should exclude Japan from a Security
Council
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Taiwan Issue

• China is dissatisfied over recent negative
  tendancies in Japans policy concerning Taiwan,
  and is especially concerned with deepening the
  Japan-Taiwan ties in security

Chinese are requesting a more concrete display
against Taiwan Independence and for One China
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East China Sea Dispute

• China and Japan have always had disputes on
  Islands and boundary demarcations in the East
  China Sea

Last Wednesday, The Japanese government initiated
procedures to grant Japanese firms the right to
conduct test drilling for potential gas and oil
fields to the east of the so called "demarcation
line" in the East China Sea
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Economic Ties

• Both Japanese and Chinese officials are concerned
  of the economic consequences of the recent slump
  in relations

China is Japan's biggest trading partner
Trade between China and Japan last year was worth
about 167 billion
Japan has invested in more than 20,000 projects
in China with total actual investment of more
than 32 billion
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Japans Stance

• Japanese Officials have stated the country stands
  in favor of One China policy and is against any
  One China, One Taiwan or Taiwan Independence
  policy

Believe that they have already apologized for war
crimes and are now demanded an apology from China
for damage done during the protests
In Tokyo, Koizumi indicated Tokyo might take a
less confrontational stance if he is to meet Hu
in Indonesia