On July 5, 2011, Chief Chinese Member of the Fifth 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship Tang Jiaxuan, also an honorary advisor to the China-Japan Friendship Association, met with Yoshibumi Wakamiya, visiting Editor-in-Chief of The Asahi Shimbun. Both sides exchanged views on China-Japan relations and other issues.

Founded in 1879, The Asahi Shimbun is one of Japan's influential mainstream media with daily circulation of around eight million copies.