China eyes 'positive signals' from new Japan leadership

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers his opening remarks at the Lanting Forum on Improving Global Governance to Build a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office, in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

BEIJING: Beijing's top diplomat on Tuesday (Oct 28) told his Japanese counterpart he sees "positive signals" from Tokyo's new leadership, after the country swore in a prime minister long viewed as a China hawk.

Japan last week named conservative Sanae Takaichi, who has previously said that Tokyo must "address the security threat" posed by Beijing, as its first woman prime minister.