A new era of friendship for China and Japan?

After decades of tension between the two major Asian powers, China and Japan have hailed a new era of friendship.

Activists with the Action Committee for Defending Diaoyu Islands step on Japan's Rising Sun flags Source: AAP

The historic foes have been brought closer by other tensions with the United States over trade and developments on the Korean Peninsula, and it is impacting – positively -- on Japanese expatriates in China.