On February 2, 2024, Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Liu Jinsong held a new round of institutionalized consultation of directors-general of Asian affairs between Chinese and Japanese foreign ministries with Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan NAMAZU Hiroyuki in Fukuoka. The two sides had an exchange of views on China-Japan relations and issues of mutual interest and concern. Liu once again expressed China's solemn positions on Japan's discharge of the Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean and the Taiwan question. The two sides agreed to continue to maintain communication through dialogue and consultation.

Director-General Liu Jinsong also had discussions with representatives from the economic and academic circles in the Kyushu region of Japan, and had a friendly and in-depth exchange of views on promoting economic and trade cooperation as well as people-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and Japan.