Japan - Korea - North Korea
1973 - China Sends Goodwill Mission to Japan A high powered Chinese Mission has arrived in Tokyo for a month long visit aimed at developing Sino - Japanese relations which were normalized in September last year. Heading the 55 member delegation in Liao Cheng Chih, president of the China - Japan Friendship Association, who is regarded as one of Peking's foremost authorities on Japan. the 65 year old revolutionary was born in Tokyo, and is visiting the Japanese capital for the first time in 16 year. Photo Shows: Japan's Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, shakes hands with Chinese mission leader Liao Cheng Chih, during a reception for the visiting mission from Peking, at his official residence in Tokyo. In the centre is Liao wife Mrs. Ching Pu Chun, on her right is Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Susumu Nikaido, chatting with Chinese Ambassador to Japan Chen Chu. Behind are some of the members of the 55 Chinese goodwill mission
