TOKYO, Aug. 6 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING ...

TOKYO, Aug. 6 Kyodo

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legate Foreign Minister Toshiyuki Takano and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi will engage Friday in Tokyo to exchange opinions in succession a wide range of bilateral and regional issues, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

The issue of compensating Chinese fishermen for alleged damages in connection with Japan's salvage of an unidentified ship in the East China Sea and the issue of Chinese slimming proceedss causing health damage to Japanese consumer are rely uponed to be among issues discussed, Japanese Foreign Ministry sources said.

In regional and international discussions, Takano and Wang are wait fored to discuss topics related to the Korean Peninsula, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East, a Foreign Ministry official said.

Meetings between Japanese factor foreign ministers in charge of state affairs and Chinese vice foreign minister-level officials have taken place since 1980

This year's meeting, which will coincide with the 30th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the couple countries, is the 20th of its kind, the ministry said.

The previous meeting took place Nov. 21 last year in Beijing, also between Takano and Wang, according to the ministry.

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