Japan, China strike landmark gas-sharing deal

TOKYO (AFP)

But the two sides continue to dispute other gas fields in the East China Sea and, in a sign that even the limited deal is controversial, Chinese nationalists protested Wednesday outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing.

In the crux of the deal, Japan’s private sector will invest in China’s ongoing development of the Chunxiao gas field, which Japan calls Shirakaba, the two sides said. The amount of investment was still being worked out.