Japan, China in security talks

TOKYO: Japan and China held security talks on Thursday after a four-year hiatus because of simmering territorial tensions, in a meeting expected to touch on the flashpoint issue of maritime crisis management, officials and reports said.

The first such dialogue between the two Asian rivals since January 2011 was held at Japan’s foreign ministry in Tokyo, a government official said, in the latest sign of a hastening thaw in once-frozen relations.