Japan's efforts pale in comparison with some of its Asian neighbors. According to data from the Payments Japan Association, 96 percent of transactions in the Republic of Korea and 66 percent in China are already cashless.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay an official visit to China from Oct 25 to 27 at the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang announced on Friday.
Japan is one of Chinese tourists' favorite travel destinations. China remains Japan's largest source of travelers for three consecutive years, according to Ctrip, citing Japanese official data. The company predicted Chinese visitors will make more than 8 million trips to Japan this year, a record high.
Japanese people are still recovering from the disaster, in which more than 90,000 evacuees lost their homes. Around 40,000 of them still living in temporary housing as of 2017, Japan's Reconstruction Agency said.
Japan also plans to broaden its ban to the whole of China and South Korea from selected areas.
Jaguar Land Rover's sales recovery in China has brought strong results for the second quarter of the British premium carmaker's fiscal year.
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Jackson Yee's new look at the TFBOYS concert in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, on Aug 10, 2019. [Photo/Official Weibo account of Elephant Kingdom]
Ji, a business representative, said he really hated fare dodgers and those who occupy others' seats or smoke aboard trains. The bad behaviors undermine the safe operation of high-speed trains and the health of other passengers, he said.
Ji Yang, a professor at Northeastern University in Qinhuangdao, said the oak leaf cakes created by the Yiwu soldiers are actually a combination of northern-style dumplings and zongzi, stuffed rice balls wrapped with reeds popular in the south.
Jia Xinguang, executive director of the China Automobile Dealers Association, said that as China lowered tariffs on imported vehicles and auto parts, and cut the first installment of car loans, the market would see greater growth.