Japan's Ishiba, China's Xi agree to forge "mutually beneficial" ties

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to foster "mutually beneficial" and "stable" relations in their first in-person talks.Following the meeting in Lima, held on the sidelines of this year's summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Ishiba also said he told Xi that Japan is "extremely concerned" about China's increasingly aggressive military maneuvers."There are many differences of opinion between Japan and China. But despite these differences, I agreed with President Xi to continue to have more meetings," Ishiba told rep…READ FULL ARTICLE