This year is the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. Despite the ups and downs of the bilateral relationship in recent decades, people-to-people exchanges continue to expand and their perception of each other is becoming more nuanced.
“The world is in urgent need of the philosophy of harmony,” Yukio Hatoyama, former Prime Minister of Japan and President of East Asia Community Institute of Japan, said during the 2022 Hehe Culture Global Forum on November 29. The forum was one of many activities hosted by both governments and nongovernmental organizations to commemorate the anniversary and gathered Chinese and Japanese experts and scholars to discuss Hehe Culture, which advocates concepts of peace and harmony.
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