Normalization of Sino-Japanese relations
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Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka paid a visit to China from September 25 to September 30, 1972, as the guest of Premier Zhou Enlai. Chairman Mao Zedong also met with Prime Minister Tanaka and they had an earnest and friendly conversation.
The talks between the prime ministers and foreign ministers of the two nations achieved great success. Both the Chinese and Japanese governments issued the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, calling for an end to the abnormal state of affairs existing between the two countries and formally establishing diplomatic relations.
On November 9 of the same year, the Japanese lower house passed a bill to support the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement.
