15 April 2008
Solve Tibet issue peacefully - Japan PM
(AFP) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda sent a message to Chinese President Hu Jintao asking him to resolve the Tibet issue through dialogue; a Japanese minister was quoted as saying. Environment Minister Ichiro Kamoshita told Japanese reporters in Beijing that he delivered the spoken message when he met Hu on the southern Chinese island of Hainan at the Boao Forum for Asia. "I delivered the message from the prime minister that encouraged China to improve the Tibet situation", Kamoshita told Japanese reporters. "The Japanese government has been telling China about the importance of dialogue", he said.