TOKYO — Two top Chinese officials will not attend international financial meetings in Tokyo this week, in an apparent snub aimed at showing China’s displeasure with Japan’s handling of a dispute over islands claimed by both Asian nations.
The last-minute cancellation, confirmed by Japanese officials on Wednesday, came as a Japanese news agency reported that Tokyo may try to defuse the standoff by officially acknowledging for the first time that China also claims the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.
