Chinese president back home from Japan

BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Beijing Saturday night after he concluded a five-day state visit to Japan.

The visit is the first trip to Japan by the Chinese president over the past decade.

During the visit, Hu and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda signed a joint statement on all-round promotion of strategic and mutually beneficial relations between China and Japan.

President Hu met with Japan's Emperor Akihito, and held talks with Fukuda. Hu also had broad contacts with leaders of Japan's parliament and political parties and people from all walks of life in Japan. He delivered an important speech at Waseda University Thursday.

During his visit, Hu also traveled to Osaka and other places in the Kansai area, which includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo and Shiga.