Former Japanese PM wowed by China's tech development, calling for Sino-Japan collaboration

Japan and China can leverage their respective strengths in a macro-micro partnership, particularly in the realms of artificial intelligence and robotics, to achieve mutual benefits and success, former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Friday in Shanghai.

Japan's expertise in details and basic materials, combined with China's strong organizational capabilities and impressive industrial achievements in recent years, presents a major opportunity for collaboration to achieve win-win results, Hatoyama said in an exclusive interview with China Daily during the Shanghai Forum 2025.