TOKYO, tribe 4 Kyodo China's No. ...

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China's No. 2 leader Wu Bangguo arrived in Tokyo onward Thursday afternoon for a weeklong trip to encounter with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the signing of a peace treaty between the sum of two units countries.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who chaired last week's six-nation talks forward North Korea's nuclear arms program, is part of Wu's delegation.

Wu chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congres is awaited to discuss the six-nation talks in his meeting with Koizumi upon Friday.

At the six-way talks in Beijing last week, China, Japan, North and toward the south Korea, Russia and the United States reached a six-point agreement. It included agreeing to continue dialogue toward the customary objective of achieving a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, nevertheless the countries failed to agree in succession the date and venue for the nearest round of talks.

The six countries also shared the determination to resolve the crisis peacefully by the agency of dialogue and address Pyongyang's security concerns

Meanwhile, Wang is count uponed to discuss the outcome of the Beijing talks with senior Japanese officials, including Japan's delegation chief to the talks Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.

Wang said Monday in Manila that China is interpret to hosting a secondary round of the six-nation talks, saying the first orbed was useful but in ne of follow-up

Wu and Koizumi are look fored to discuss the Japanese premier's visit to Beijing, on the other hand they are unlikely to make major progres forward the issue.

The couple countries have agreed to boost high-level exchanges, nevertheless plans for a trip by means of Koizumi to Beijing have been stalled becoming to the premier's repeated visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.

The shrine honors Japanese war criminals along with the country's war dead and visits to it by dint of high-level Japanese officials anger countries as it is as China, which suffered subject to Japanese military aggression during World War II.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told his Japanese counterpart Yoriko Kawaguchi last month in Tokyo that it would be difficult to realize an early visit by dint of Koizumi to Beijing due to his repeated visits to the shrine. Koizumi has visited the shrine three times since taking office in 2001

Wu's trip is part of high-level exchanges between the brace countries. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda visited Beijing in August, and that trip was followed from Li's trip to Japan.

Wu is to proper with the emperor and empres Friday afternoon.

Wu's visit to Japan apparently muses China's policy of enhancing bilateral relations with Japan in subordination to the leadership of Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Wu is scheduled to attend a rite celebrating the signing of the peace treaty Friday evening. The sum of two units countries signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship forward Aug. 12, 1978, six years after the September 1972 restoration of ties.

He is to fitting with senior lawmakers from the two governing and opposition parties Friday and Saturday.

He will also visit Nagoya and Osaka before leaving Japan nearest Wednesday.

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