BEIJING, CHINA (NOVEMBER 7, 2014) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY OF JAPANESE APEC DELEGATION, KEN OKANIWA, SAYING: “Both sides shared, had some shared recognition to face history squarely, and to look towards the future. In that spirit, both countries will overcome the political difficulties which affect the relations between the two countries.” // “Both sides recognise that there were differences in views regarding the tension, which has occurred in recent years in the East China Sea, such as the Senkaku Islands.” // “And as for the meeting between Prime Minister Abe and President Xi Jinping, it is not yet planned, but there is concrete, I guess, we are trying to arrange concretely.”