"It can be said that Japan-China relations appear to be advancing gradually through events" such as the summit meeting in November, Japan's deputy foreign minister, Shinsuke Sugiyama, said Thursday.

日本副外务大臣杉山晋辅（Shinsuke Sugiyama）在周四表示，“可以这么说，日中关系似乎在通过各种活动慢慢推进，”比如去年11月的峰会。

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Both sides mainly exchanged in-depth opinions on China-Japan relations.

双方着重就中日关系问题深入交换了意见。

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Whatever else may be true about this situation, it should certainly be producing a lot of scholarly thinking about Japan-China relations.

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In most cases the research they are doing is related to China, or to Japan-China economic relations.

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