Japan and China Near Agreement on Offshore Gas Fields

Posted by Matt in June 18th, 2008

Japan’s prime minister said Tuesday that his country and China were close to resolving a dispute over offshore natural gas fields that had become a symbol of rising rivalries between Asia’s two richest nations.

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told reporters that the two sides were close to an agreement on developing a string of natural gas fields in a contested part of the East China Sea. While he did not provide details, Japanese newspapers said the agreement would allow Japanese investment in Chinese companies that would drill in the area, which sits roughly midway between Shanghai and the Japanese island of Okinawa.

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