THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 21, 2023 at 18:52 JST
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a dinner reception hosted by Jiang Zemin, center, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, on Oct. 24, 1992. (Pool)
Negotiations for the first Japanese emperor to visit China in 1992 were kept so secret that the prime minister at the time, Kiichi Miyazawa, complained he was not sufficiently consulted. [Read More]
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