Beijing, Dec. 26 -- Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi on Wednesday held a meeting and working lunch with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, with their discussions focused on a wide range of issues, including economic cooperation, security concerns in the East China and South China Seas, and regional and global challenges such as Taiwan, Ukraine, and North Korea.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in a statement said, "The two foreign ministers, under a broad direction of comprehensively promoting a "Mutually Beneficial Relationship Based on Common Strategic Interests" and building "constructive and stable Japan-China relations," concurred that they would make joint efforts to reduce issues and concerns and increase c...