Reciprocity (international relations)

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomed the Head of the International Department of the CCP Liu Jianchao at the Prime Minister's Office in 2024. The Chinese calligraphy on the wall writes "Jiěyī" (Chinese: 解衣; lit. 'undress'), a term that means sharing each other and tiding over the difficulty, used to stress the "strategic, reciprocal" relationship between the two countries.[1]

In international relations and treaties, the principle of reciprocity states that favors, benefits, or penalties that are granted by one state to the citizens or legal entities of another, should be returned in kind.

For example, reciprocity has been used in the reduction of tariffs, the grant of copyrights to foreign authors, the mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments, and the relaxation of travel restrictions and visa requirements.

The principle of reciprocity also governs agreements on extradition.

  1. ^ "官邸の書は「中日の戦略的互恵示す」中国中連部の劉部長、岸田首相との会談の模様紹介". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 2024-05-29.