Japan PM Suga, China's Xi to hold phone talks this week

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese President Xi Jinping are planning to hold telephone talks later this week, Japanese government sources said Tuesday.The talks, currently being arranged for Friday, are a bid to further expand ties between Japan and China, the sources said, adding the two are expected to discuss Xi's postponed state visit to Japan.It will be the first phone talks between the country's leaders since May 2018 when Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe and Xi held a conversation.A state visit by the Chinese leader, which would include a summit as well as a meeting with…READ FULL ARTICLE