Tokyo: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday held wide-ranging talks in Tokyo to boost ties with Japan. Foreign Minister Wang met with Masataka Okano, the secretary-general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, to discuss the implementation of agreements made by their respective leaders and enhancing bilateral relations.

According to Anadolu Agency, both sides agreed to continue high-level diplomatic dialogue. On Saturday, Wang and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya co-chaired the sixth China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue, which concluded with 20 key consensus points on cooperation in areas such as the digital economy, energy conservation, environmental protection, green trade, and elderly care.

"Negotiations for the China-Japan-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement should be resumed and the process of establishing an Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area should be advanced," said Wang during the economic talks, according to a statement from China. The seventh China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue will be held in China.

During a one-on-one meeting between Wang and Iwaya, the Japanese minister called on China to lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports following the release of treated radioactive water, stated a release from the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Iwaya also expressed Japan's serious concerns about the situation in the East China Sea and advocated for the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues, opposing "any attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion."

South Korean, Japanese, and Chinese foreign ministers also had trilateral talks in Tokyo on Saturday. They discussed various issues, including North Korea and cooperation on several fronts.