Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo left Beijing Thursday for Japan to attend the second round of Sino-Japanese strategic talks.  

Dai will confer with Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Shotaro Yachi on Sino-Japanese relations and issues of common concern.

The first round of talks, also attended by Dai and Yachi, was conducted in Beijing from May 13 to 14 this year. The two sides agreed during the talks to continue the dialogue process, and held that the two-day dialogue was positive and helpful.

(Xinhua News Agency June 23, 2005)