The China-Japan relationship faces great development potential and opportunity, and the two sides should take concerted efforts to push forward the Sino-Japanese mutually beneficial strategic ties, China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Sunday. &$ &$Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi answers questions during a news conference on the sidelines of the Third Session of the... »

Appetising it was not, but it did seem entirely apt that my first meal in Japan should include a dish described as “two kinds of jellyfish with pickled vegetables”. Nothing had been lost in translation, I can assure you. It tasted every bit as awful as it sounds and the glutinous tendrils had an... »

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