On Sept. 29, Japan and China marked the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations. Unfortunately, bilateral ties are in a sorry state, with mutual distrust the deepest since ties were normalized due to a dispute over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Leaders of both countries should go back to the spirit and wisdom that their predecessors demonstrated when they normalized diplomatic relations in 1972, and when they signed a peace treaty eight years later, and verbally agreed to shelve the Senkaku Islands sovereignty issue.
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