The working-level talks, participated by officials from Japan' s Defense Ministry and the Maritime Self-Defense Force and China' s Defense Ministry, firstly reaffirmed basic agreements they have made so far.
The two sides also discussed some specifics of the mechanism, including technical problems, and agreed to trigger it as soon as possible after some necessary adjustments based on Monday's talks, Chinese officials said.
The mechanism of high-level consultations on maritime affairs between the two countries was launched in 2012. After three rounds of successful talks, the talks were suspended after the Japanese government's so-called"nationalization"of China's Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea in September 2012.
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Japan approves record military budget ...
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The budget draft, the third since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took power, marks a rise from this fiscal year's initial 95.88 trillion yen, said Kyodo News Agency.
With Japan's population aging quickly, social security spending will hit record 31.53 trillion yen, exceeding 30 trillion yen for the second straight year.
Defense expenditures will also climb 2.0 percent to a record 4.98 trillion yen ($42 billion), up for the third consecutive year, as Abe aims to strengthen surveillance and defense capabilities of the country.
Since he took office in late 2012, Japan's defense budget has been on an uptrend and could top 5 trillion yen in fiscal 2016...................http://www.china.org.cn/world/2015-01/14/content_34557133.htm
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