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Ex-Japanese lawmaker meets China's 4th-ranked politician

BEIJING, China - Yohei Kono (L), a former senior member of Japan's main ruling party known for his apology in the 1990s to women who worked against their will in wartime military brothels, holds talks with China's fourth-ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Dec. 19, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Ex-Japanese lawmaker meets China's 4th-ranked politician

BEIJING, China - Yohei Kono (L), a former senior member of Japan's main ruling party known for his apology in the 1990s to women who worked against their will in wartime military brothels, shakes hands with China's fourth-ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng ahead of their talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Dec. 19, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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China's 4th-ranked politician meets Japan's SDP head

BEIJING, China - China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng (R) meets with Japan's Social Democratic Party head Tadatomo Yoshida on June 24, 2014, in Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are struggling to mend relations badly frayed over territorial and historical issues. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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China's 4th-ranked politician meets Japan's SDP head

BEIJING, China - China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng (R) meets with Japan's Social Democratic Party head Tadatomo Yoshida on June 24, 2014, in Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are struggling to mend relations badly frayed over territorial and historical issues. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Japan delegation in China

BEIJING, China - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Noda (L), who leads a delegation from the Japanese ruling party, and Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 9, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan delegation in China

BEIJING, China - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Noda (L), who leads a delegation from the Japanese ruling party, and Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, shake hands before talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 9, 2014. (Pool photo)

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China's top political advisory body ends annual session

BEIJING, China - Yu Zhengsheng (C), head of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), delivers a speech at a closing meeting of the second session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12, 2014, with China's President Xi Jinpin (L in back) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R in back) clapping behind him.

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CPPCC chief Yu stresses harmony with minorities

BEIJING, China - Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, stresses the importance of maintaining harmony with ethnic minorities at the opening of the political advisory body's annual session on March 3, 2014, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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China political advisers' meeting

BEIJING, China - Yu Zhengsheng, new chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, speaks during the conference's annual meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12, 2013.

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Yu elected head of China's top political advisory body

BEIJING, China - Senior Communist Party of China officials Yu Zhengsheng (L) and Jia Qinglin shake hands in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2013. Yu was elected chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, the same day, replacing Jia.

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Yu elected head of China's top political advisory body

BEIJING, China - Photo shows senior Communist Party of China official Yu Zhengsheng in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2013. Yu was elected chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, the same day, replacing Jia Qinglin.

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New leadership of China

BEIJING, China - Combined photos show seven members of the new Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, who appeared in a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2012. Shown are (C) Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, (L, from top to bottom) Zhang Dejiang, Liu Yunshan, Zhang Gaoli, (R, from top to bottom) Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng and Wang Qishan. Xi replaced Chinese President Hu Jintao as head of the party after the new leadership was elected by the party's Central Committee.

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New leadership of China

BEIJING, China - Seven members of the new Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China line up on the stage at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2012. Shown (from L to R) are Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yunshan, Zhang Dejiang, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng and Wang Qishan. Chinese Vice President Xi replaced President Hu Jintao as head of the party after the new leadership was elected by the party's Central Committee.

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New leadership of China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (C) heads for the rostrum after being elected Chinese President at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2012, after a new leadership was elected by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China during the first plenary session of the 18th National Congress of the party. Seven members of the new Politburo Standing Committee of the party line up on the stage. Shown (from L to R) are Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yunshan, Zhang Dejiang, Xi, Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng and Wang Qishan.

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Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference begins

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, makes a speech during the opening of the body's annual session in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmakers, Chinese political adviser discuss bilateral ties

Yoshihisa Inoue (L), secretary general of Japan's Komeito party, and Yu Zhengsheng, ranked fourth in China's Communist Party leadership, shake hands before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2015. The three-way meeting was also attended by Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, the major party in Japan's ruling coalition with Komeito. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmakers, China's political adviser discuss bilateral ties

Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and Yoshihisa Inoue (L), the secretaries general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito party, respectively, hold talks with Yu Zhengsheng (R), ranked fourth in China's Communist Party leadership, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2015. The LDP, headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Komeito form Japan's ruling coalition. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmakers, Chinese political adviser discuss bilateral ties

Sadakazu Tanigaki (L), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Yu Zhengsheng, ranked fourth in China's Communist Party leadership, shake hands before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2015. The three-way meeting was also attended by Yoshihisa Inoue, secretary general of the Komeito party, the LDP's junior coalition partner. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's No.4 man greets Japanese ruling party delegation in Beijing

Yu Zhengsheng (R), chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the country's fourth highest-ranking leader, shakes hands with Takeshi Noda, a veteran lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 29, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese minister meets with China's 4th-ranked leader

Former Japanese home affairs minister Takeshi Noda (L) shakes hands with Yu Zhengsheng, the fourth-highest ranking member of the Communist Party of China, ahead of their talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 29, 2015. During their meeting, Yu said the two countries' relations are improving. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese minister meets with China's 4th-ranked leader

Former Japanese home affairs minister Takeshi Noda (far L) and Yu Zhengsheng (far R), the fourth-highest ranking member of the Communist Party of China, hold talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 29, 2015. During their meeting, Yu said the two countries' relations are improving. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's top political adviser urges Japan to admit wartime mistakes

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (far L) and China's fourth highest-ranking leader Yu Zhengsheng (far R) hold talks in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on May 8, 2015. In the meeting, Yu said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to more readily admit Tokyo's wartime mistakes. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's top political adviser urges Japan to admit wartime mistakes

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 8, 2015, after a meeting with China's fourth highest-ranking leader Yu Zhengsheng. Nukaga, head of a group of Japanese ruling party lawmakers who attended the talks, said Yu is "discontent" with speeches Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered last month in Jakarta and the U.S. Congress as they did not touch much on Japan's past militarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ruling party lawmaker meets China Communist Party official

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (L) and Liu Hongcai, vice minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China, shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on May 8, 2015. Nukaga also met with Yu Zhengsheng, ranked fourth in the party, later in the day in the latest sign of increasing high-level exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ruling party lawmaker meets China's top political adviser

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (L) and Yu Zhengsheng, ranked fourth in China's Communist Party, shake hands ahead of their talks in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on May 8, 2015. The meeting between Nukaga and Yu, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is the latest sign of increasing high-level exchanges between the two countries. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ruling party lawmaker meets China Communist Party official

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (far L) and Liu Hongcai (far R), vice minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China, hold talks in Beijing on May 8, 2015. Nukaga also met with Yu Zhengsheng, ranked fourth in the party, later in the day in the latest sign of increasing high-level exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's ruling party head Eric Chu speaks at forum in Shanghai

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, addresses the opening ceremony of the 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum in Shanghai on May 3, 2015. Eric Chu, chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party, also attended the forum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's ruling party head Eric Chu speaks at forum in Shanghai

Eric Chu (L), chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party, shakes hands with Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, after Chu's speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum in Shanghai on May 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's ruling party head Eric Chu speaks at forum in Shanghai

Eric Chu (L), chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party, and Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attend the opening ceremony of the 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum in Shanghai on May 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP secretary general meets senior Chinese politician in Beijing

Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, ahead of their talks in Beijing on March 23, 2015.(Pool Photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Komeito official meets senior Chinese politician in Beijing

Yoshihisa Inoue, secretary general of Japan's ruling coalition partner Komeito, shakes hands with Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, before their talks in Beijing on March 23, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior Japan lawmakers meet with China's 4th-ranked leader

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and Komeito party Secretary General Yoshihisa Inoue (L) meet with Yu Zhengsheng, the Chinese Communist Party's fourth-ranked leader, in Beijing on March 23, 2015. The meeting marked another sign of increased communication between the two countries, whose ties have long been chilled over territory and views on wartime history. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China to publish records of Japan's past militarism for war anniv.

Yu Zhengsheng, the fourth-highest ranking member of China's Communist Party, addresses an annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing on March 3, 2015. Yu said China will collect and publish historical records of Japan's past militarism as part of its commemoration this year of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Li Xiaolin, president of China's friendship association

Photo shows Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and daughter of former Chinese President Li Xiannian. She was at a meeting held by former Japanese home affairs minister Takeshi Noda and Yu Zhengsheng, the fourth-highest ranking member of the Communist Party of China, in June 2015 in Beijing and separately held talks with Noda during his visit to China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's ruling party head Eric Chu speaks at forum in Shanghai

Eric Chu (L), chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party, shakes hands with Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, after Chu's speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum in Shanghai on May 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's ruling party head Eric Chu speaks at forum in Shanghai

Eric Chu (L), chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party, and Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attend the opening ceremony of the 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum in Shanghai on May 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese lawmaker meets China's 4th-ranked politician

BEIJING, China - Yohei Kono (L), a former senior member of Japan's main ruling party known for his apology in the 1990s to women who worked against their will in wartime military brothels, shakes hands with China's fourth-ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng ahead of their talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Dec. 19, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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China's 4th-ranked politician meets Japan's SDP head

BEIJING, China - China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng (R) meets with Japan's Social Democratic Party head Tadatomo Yoshida on June 24, 2014, in Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are struggling to mend relations badly frayed over territorial and historical issues. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)(Kyodo)

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Nanjing massacre ceremony

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attend a memorial ceremony in Nanjing on Dec. 13, 2017, for the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Japanese military in the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China holds ceremony for 80th anniversary of Nanjing massacre

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivers a speech at a memorial ceremony for victims of the 1937 massacre committed by Japanese troops in Nanjing held in the eastern Chinese city on Dec. 13, 2017, the 80th anniversary of the tragedy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's No. 4 leader meets ex-Japan lower house speaker

Yu Zhengsheng (R), China's fourth-highest ranking leader, meets with former Japanese lower house speaker Yohei Kono in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Sept. 8, 2017, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's No. 4 leader meets ex-Japan lower house speaker

Yu Zhengsheng (R), China's fourth-highest ranking leader, meets with former Japanese lower house speaker Yohei Kono in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Sept. 8, 2017, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's top political advisory body convenes annual session

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, makes a speech during the opening of the body's annual session in Beijing on March 3, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker meets China's No. 4 leader

Takeo Kawamura (L), a Japanese lawmaker close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meets with Yu Zhengsheng, China's fourth-highest ranking leader, in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2016. It was the highest political contact between the two countries since tensions suddenly escalated again in the month over a group of small islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker meets China's No. 4 leader

Takeo Kawamura (L), a Japanese lawmaker close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meets with Yu Zhengsheng, China's fourth-highest ranking leader, in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2016. It was the highest political contact between the two countries since tensions suddenly escalated again in the month over a group of small islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo