【正】Editor’s Note:At the invitation of the CPAFFC and the China International Friendship Cities Association (CIFCA),Katsuhito Asano,former Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary,visited Beijing from September 29 to October 2,2009 to attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.CPAFFC Vice President Li Xiaolin held talks with him on Sino-Japanese people-to-people exchanges and cooperation.During his stay in Beijing,he was interviewed by the reporter of the magazine Friendship Cities.Asano is now a Dietman and Director of the Personnel Bureau of the Liberal Democratic Party.The following is an excerpt of the interview: