Japanese lawmakers travel to China to fix strained relationship

A group of Japanese politicians is in Beijing to meet with Chinese officials, hoping to lower tensions over Taiwan and improve ties between the two countries.

A group of lawmakers from Japan has traveled to Beijing this week. They are meeting with Chinese officials to try and fix the relationship between the two countries. Right now, things between Japan and China are a bit frosty. The tension comes after a recent comment by a high-ranking Japanese politician named Sanae Takaichi, who spoke about Taiwan. China considers Taiwan to be part of its own country, so when Japanese leaders talk about it in ways that support Taiwan's independence, it makes Beijing very angry. Because of that and other disagreements, the two neighbors have not been gettin…