Japan's top public safety official will visit China for four days starting Monday to promote cooperation between the two countries' law enforcement authorities, the National Police Agency said Friday.
Yoshitaka Murata, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, will meet with Chinese Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang and other Chinese officials during his trip, the NPA said.
Japanese police solved a record number of crimes committed by foreign nationals between last January and November, of which those involving Chinese nationals accounted for 49.5 percent, the NPA said.
During Murata's visit, the two countries are expected to confirm the need for strengthening cooperation between their investigative authorities.
After visiting Beijing, Murata will travel to Fujian Province in southern China to hold talks with local law enforcement personnel, NPA officials said, noting that many of the Chinese involved in crimes in Japan hail from the province.
Murata will be the first head of the National Public Safety Commission to visit China since 2002, when his predecessor, Jin Murai, went there.