Overview
- Both leaders reaffirmed the goal of a strategic and mutually beneficial relationship and emphasized keeping ties constructive and stable.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters she raised serious concerns over the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Xinjiang, and pressed issues around the Senkaku Islands.
- Takaichi said she discussed rare‑earth export curbs and that both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation through the Japan–China export‑control dialogue established in 2023.
- They agreed on the importance of continued communication and effective crisis management between defense authorities, echoing Xi Jinping’s call to prevent disagreements from defining the relationship.
- The roughly 30‑minute meeting in Gyeongju followed recent separate meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Takaichi also sought progress on detained Japanese nationals and the resumption of Chinese food imports.