Friend or foe? Japan-China ties complicated after 50 years

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on October 26, 2018. [AP Photo]

Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two Asian countries normalized relations as part of the process that brought Communist China into the international fold.