TORONTO, June 27 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan told Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday he was closely watching recent labor unrest in China where a burst of strikes has disrupted production at Japanese automakers.
…Kan brought up the issue in talks with Hu on the sidelines
of a Group of 20 leaders’ gathering in Canada. “(Kan) said he was closely monitoring the various labor
problems in China,” a Japanese delegation official told
reporters. Hu told Kan he wanted to “deal appropriately” with the
issue, the official said. Japanese auto makers Toyota (7203.T) and Honda (7267.T)
said last week that major car factories in south China halted
work due to strikes at parts suppliers, the latest in a series
of strikes over pay at parts suppliers in Guangdong and other
parts of China. Despite the latest strikes, the leaders of Asia’s two
biggest economies said they wanted to strengthen trade ties
that benefit both sides. Tensions remain between Japan and China related to their
wartime past but both sides have stressed the need for closer
relations given growing economic ties. Bilateral trade grew to $266.8 billion in 2008, a rise of
13 percent from 2007, making China the top two-way trade
partner of Japan, according to Japanese…
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