"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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In Washington the three officials, America's top diplomat on Asia Kurt Campbell, South Korea's nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam and Japan's representative to the six-party talks Shinsuke Sugiyama, said they were committed to the denuclearisation deal.

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