Xi's visit to Japan as state guest to be put off to next year

Japan and China are making arrangements for Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Japan as a state guest next year, rather than this year as initially planned, due to a tight schedule, sources familiar with the situation said Monday.During his visit to China last October, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sounded out Xi about the possibility of visiting Japan in June for a Group of 20 summit in Osaka and then in fall as a state guest, diplomatic sources said earlier.But Beijing was reluctant to accept the proposal for Xi to visit Japan two times within the year, despite a time of improving bilatera…READ FULL ARTICLE