China and Japan agreed Wednesday to set up talks on often contentious security issues as they seek to improve a relationship riven in recent years by a range of issues, from territorial disputes to the discharge of water from Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant.

By Liz Lee and Sakura Murakami BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -Talks between China and Japan's foreign ministers in Beijing have paved way for Japan to host China's foreign affairs chief next year, and mutual agreement to hold a security dialogue as soon as possible,

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning Photo: fmprc.gov.cn. The talks between Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers were friendly, active and positive, Chinese Foreign Mi