Japan, China Foreign Ministers Vow to Improve Mutual Ties

The foreign ministers of Japan and China vowed Saturday in Busan that they will work together to improve the two countries' strained ties based on an agreement between their leaders last week in San Francisco to build "mutually beneficial" relations.

At the start of their first meeting in the South Korean port city, Yoko Kamikawa, who became Japanese foreign minister in September, told China's top diplomat Wang Yi she is ready to "closely cooperate" with him, guided by the directives from Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kyodo news agency reported.