TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday (May 2) he plans to visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk-yeol, as the two US allies pursue warmer ties. It would be the first visit to the country by a Japanese premier since 2018, and comes after Kishida and Yoon agreed to
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he plans to visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk-yeol, as the two US allies pursue warmer ties.
The neighbours were locked in a bitter dispute for years over Japan's use of forced labour during World War II. "We are coordinating visit to South Korea on May 7 and 8, if circumstances permit," Kishida said in Ghana, the second leg of a tour to four African nations and Singapore. Kishida said he hoped the trip would"give momentum to 'shuttle diplomacy'" between Japan and South Korea.
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