Saturday’s Yomiuri wrote that it has learned from an LDP source that LDP Secretary General Nikai and Komeito Secretary General Saito are planning to visit China in early November as part of an exchange between ruling party members and members of the Chinese Communist Party. According to the source, Nikai and Saito are hoping to hold talks with Chinese President Xi in Shanghai during their stay in China. The paper speculated that the planned visit by the Japanese politicians is aimed at boosting momentum for Xi’s planned visit to Japan next spring.