Japan's+Interactions+with+the+P.R.C

Japan and China have a long history of a rocky relationship with the war between our two nations coupled with the Cold War making it difficult to improve. Over the past 30 years though, our relationship has grown stronger as Japanese goods made their way into Chinese ports. Our conflicting claims over land, such as the Senkaku Islands, has strained our relations at times but diplomacy has repeatedly prevailed. Japan and China have made great strides in developing a positive relationship between our two nations. In May 2008, Hu Jintao became the first Chinese President in over a decade to be invited to Japan and during his visit both China and our great nation promised to forge a "mutually beneficial relationship" and to build"trust between our two nations". The relationship between Japan and China is that of mutually beneficial competition and as Japanese Prime Minister Aso Taro said " We should not constrain ourselves in the name of friendship between Japan and China. Rather, sound competition and active cooperation will constitute a true mutually beneficial relationship"