Japanese students and Chinese students pose for a group photo in a high school in Beijing, capital of China, on March 14, 2008. A total of 1,000 Japanese youth arrived in China on Monday for a seven-day tour of the country to mark the start of the China-Japan Friendly Exchange Year of the Youth. The Japanese delegation, breaking into small groups, respectively visited such cities as Shanghai and Hangzhou in the east, Chongqing and Chengdu in the west, Guangzhou in the south and Dalian in the northeast and held get-togethers with their Chinese peers. (Xinhua Photo) 

About 200 Japanese students and their Chinese peers held a "communication day" in Beijing on Friday, to explore ways to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between youngsters from the two countries.

The students from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto were part of a 1,000-strong delegation on a study tour of China.