Mainichi Daily News reports that Japan and the People’s Republic of China have set up a working group to address intellectual property challenges. This Sunday the working group (which consists of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Ministry and Chinese Ministry of Commerce and other institutions) will probably meet for the first time.
Read the Mainichi Daily News article here.
UPDATE:
Read also Fang Yang, ‘Japan, China set up working group on intellectual property rights protection‘, Xinhua, June 7, 2009;
Sachiko Sakamaki and Takschi Hirokawa, ‘Japan, China Will Start Group on Intellectual Property Rights‘, Bloomberg, June 7, 2009.