Japan, China apart on main points in gas row, agree on panel

BEIJING, China - Kenichiro Sasae (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to reporters as Nobuyuki Kodaira, director general of Japan's National Resources and Energy Agency, looks on after Japan and China wound up two days of talks on gas exploration rights in the East China Sea in Beijing on July 9. The two countries remained apart over main points of contention but agreed to set up a panel of technical experts to help resolve the row.

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