Tokyo governor passes on Japan PM's goodwill on China visit


  • World
  • Saturday, 26 Apr 2014

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tokyo's governor said on Saturday that he had passed on a message from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Chinese leaders that Abe wants relations to improve, during a rare high-level visit as bilateral ties continue to sour.

Governor Yoichi Masuzoe, who was Abe's favoured candidate during the governor election in February, said he delivered the message on behalf of Abe to China's Vice Premier Wang Yang and former top Chinese diplomat Tang Jiaxuan.

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