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Japan's Defense Minister Announces Plans to Visit China

© AP Photo / Wong Maye-ESingapore policemen secure an entry point as they stop pedestrians and attendees of the 14th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, Asia Security Summit, from entering the vicinity, Sunday, May 31, 2015, in Singapore
Singapore policemen secure an entry point as they stop pedestrians and attendees of the 14th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, Asia Security Summit, from entering the vicinity, Sunday, May 31, 2015, in Singapore - Sputnik International
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Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said on Saturday he would like to visit China and have talks with his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan.

U.S. Secretary of Defence Ash Carter meets with South Korea's Minister of Defence Han Minkoo (R) and Japan's Minister of Defence Gen Nakatani for a trilateral at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2016 - Sputnik International
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"There are various issues, and dialogue is very important. I would like to visit your country [China]," Nakatani said at the security summit, while speaking to China’s delegation head, Adm. Sun Jianguo, as quoted by the Japanese Kyodo news agency.

He did not provide detail on the possible timing of the visit.

Relations between China and Japan have been strained by a dispute over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. The Japanese, who have claimed the islands since the 19th century, call them the Senkaku Islands, the name mostly recognized globally, while in China they are known as the Diaoyu Islands.

Earlier in the day, Nakatani said that he was "deeply concerned" over China's construction of outposts used for military purposes in some of the disputed areas.

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