Global battle against coronavirus bolsters Japan-China relations

While the coronavirus pandemic has created friction between some countries, it appears to have brought out mutual expressions of goodwill between China and Japan, two historical rivals with a sometimes rocky relationship.After the deadly infectious disease first broke out in China late last year, Japanese cities and private organizations were among the first to respond by sending thousands of masks and emergency supplies to the country.Just days after Wuhan, the original epicenter of the pneumonia-causing virus, was put on lockdown on Jan. 23, Oita, its sister city in southwestern Japan, do…READ FULL ARTICLE