VIP Inter-visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka |
| 1979 | Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira |
| 1982 | Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki |
| 1984 | Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 1986 | Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 1988 | Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita |
| 1991 | Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu |
| 1992 | Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
| 1994 | Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa |
| 1995 | Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama |
| 1997 | Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| 1999 | Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi |
| 2001 | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (APEC in Shanghai) |
| 2006 | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe |
| 2007 | Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda |
| 2008 | Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (Summer Olympics in Beijing)
Prime Minister Taro Aso (ASEM in Beijing) |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping |
| 1979 | Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping |
| 1980 | Premier Hua Guofeng (state guest) |
| 1982 | Premier Zhao Ziyang |
| 1983 | General Secretary Hu Yaobang |
| 1989 | Premier Li Peng |
| 1992 | General Secretary Jiang Zemin |
| 1995 | General Secretary Jiang Zemin (APEC in Osaka) |
| 1997 | Premier Li Peng |
| 1998 | President Jiang Zemin (state guest) |
| 2000 | Premier Zhu Rongji |
| 2007 | Premier Wen Jiabao |
| 2008 | President Hu Jintao (state guest)
President Hu Jintao (G8 summit in Hokkaido)
Premier Wen Jiabao (Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit in Fukuoka) |
Some Sino-Japanese top meetings have been held somewhere else. In recent time, both leaders have met individually at the international conferences such as APEC and ASEAN Plus Three. During Koizumi premiership, such occasions were valuable opportunities for political contacts between Japan and China.
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