From The International Herald Tribune, via Google news:
Japan has proposed to China that working-level talks on undersea oil and gas deposits in a disputed area of the East China Sea resume on Oct. 19, Japan’s trade minister said Tuesday.
Shoichi Nakagawa gave no other details of the proposed talks, which would be the fourth round between the two sides in the past year. A ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Japan had not yet received a reply from China.
The last round of talks ended inconclusively last week.
See also Sino-Japanese relations from Wikipedia
