Japan's Abe calls for 'amicable' and 'stable' China relationship

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday that Japan needed to develop a stable and amicable relationship with China. "Already we have gone through several rounds of summit meetings and we are steadfastly moving to further develop a mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests," Abe said at Bloomberg headquarters in New York. Asked by Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg how Japan would deal with China's economic slowdown, Abe said: "Certainly we export a lot, we