A senior Japanese diplomat urges his gov’t to cool tension with China through dialogue

Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa delivers a speech during a meeting in Okasa, Janpan, March 13, 2013. Uichiro Niwa gave a speech on Wednesday at a lecture meeting held at a major conference hall in the western Japanese city of Osaka, urging the Japanese government to cool tensions with China and resume dialogue over disputed islands to avoid further conflicts. <Xinhua/Ma Xinghua>