Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, and New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, speaks to reporters in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014, after talks with New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari (furthest R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, and New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser (far L) hold talks in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd from R) speaks at a breakfast meeting with four former Japanese prime ministers at a Tokyo hotel March 8. Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, whose repeated visits to Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine triggered a deterioration in bilateral ties, was absent from the event. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

TOKYO, Japan - Four former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Toshiki Kaifu, Yoshiro Mori, Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe -- and Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) pose for photos before their breakfast meeting at a hotel in Tokyo on May 8. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd from R) speaks at a breakfast meeting with four former Japanese prime ministers at a Tokyo hotel March 8. Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, whose repeated visits to Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine triggered a deterioration in bilateral ties, was absent from the event. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

TOKYO, Japan - Four former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Toshiki Kaifu, Yoshiro Mori, Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe -- and Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) pose for photos before their breakfast meeting at a hotel in Tokyo on May 8. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, and New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP. (Kyodo)