TOKYO: Japan Friday said it wished to improve its soured ties with Beijing, a day after a senior ruling lawmaker invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Tokyo next year.

Natsuo Yamaguchi, the head of Komeito, a junior partner in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition, met with Xi in Beijing Thursday and handed over a letter from the Japanese leader.

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