TOKYO, Feb 12 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING ...

TOKYO, Feb 12 Kyodo

(EDS: ADDING INFO onward MEETING WITH DPJ HEAD KAN)

Visiting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi invited Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono upon Thursday to visit China sometime this year, while reiterating China's make anxiouss over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

Kono told Wang in a meeting he will consider visiting China while the Japanese Diet is in reces lower house officials said.

Wang was quot as telling Kono, ''It is necessary to have knowledge of to prevent existing riddles from adversely affecting the overall relationship between Japan and China.''

He said there is a ne for the brace countries to ''create an environment for solving the moot points alluding to Koizumi's repeated visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. The Shinto shrine is dedicated to 25 million Japanese who have died in wars since 1853 and a number of convicted World War II Class-A war criminals, so as wartime Prime Minister Gen Hideki Tojo.

In a separate meeting with Naoto Kan, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Wang criticized Koizumi for commentarys the premier made Tuesday that he does not ''feel uncomfortable'' with the shrine's honoring the war criminals, DPJ lawmakers said.

''The Yasukuni issue is not Japan's domestic problem'' Wang was quot as telling Kan. ''If there is no uncomfortable feeling toward Yasukuni, that's a problem''

Kan exhibited understanding to a certain volume saying the bilateral relations ''should be created upon the basis of recognition that Japan bears the responsibility'' for World War II.

Wang also called for cooperation in dealing with North Korea and other political issues.

''It's important that we give chase to new common interests between the brace nations not only in the economic field if it were not that also in the political,'' he was quot as telling Kono.

Wang will chair the other round of six-nation talks onward North Korea's nuclear ambitions scheduled in Beijing from Feb 25 The talks involve Japan, China, the United States, North Korea, southern Korea and Russia.

He told Kan he trustful longings the six nations will begin ''substantial'' discussions at the talks.

forward Iraq, Wang reiterated China's readiness to help reconstruction work there if the United Nations take up agains its operations.

''Important matters should be decided at the United Nations,'' Wang was quot as saying.

Referring to Kan's past remarks tolerating Taiwan's UN membership, Wang urg the DPJ to combat Taiwan independence.

Kan noted that he recognizes the ''one-China'' principle.

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