Japan demands China issue accurate joint statement on yuan
TOKYO (AFP) — Japan's foreign minister Sunday said the Chinese version of a joint press statement released after high-level economic talks had not mentioned Tokyo's wish to see the yuan rise in value.
"The point that Japan raised about foreign exchange was omitted because of some sort of a mistake. So we are telling them, 'one whole item was dropped so please put it in'," Masahiko Komura told reporters.
On December 1, senior ministers from the two nations met in Beijing for the first high-level bilateral meeting on economic dialogue.
The two nations issued a joint press communique after the meeting.
In the part that was dropped from the Chinese edition, the statement said Tokyo "welcomed the Chinese policy direction to increase the flexibility of the rate of the yuan. Japan also expressed its hope that China makes efforts to tolerate faster appreciation of the real exchange rate of the yuan."
