Japan and South Korea introduced relaxed commerce controls and a return of frequent reciprocal visits on Thursday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol visits Tokyo on a visit meant to rebuild ties between the regional neighbors.
For years, the 2 East Asian nations have been locked in a bitter spat over wartime pressured labor. But since his election final May, Yoon has made it clear that repairing relations with Japan is a high precedence.
He has already met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of diplomatic occasions, and on Thursday the pair kicked off the primary full-scale summit between their nations in 12 years.
“At today’s summit, I believe that there will be fruitful discussions that can transform Korea-Japan relations, which have been at a standstill, into a relationship of cooperation and mutually beneficial development,” Yoon mentioned.
Kishida mentioned the 2 sides had “agreed on the resumption of shuttle diplomacy by leaders of Japan and South Korea, no matter what the format” of the journeys.
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manilatimes.internet – Mar 17
Japan and South Korea introduced relaxed commerce controls and a return of frequent reciprocal visits on Thursday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol visits Tokyo on a visit meant to rebuild ties between the regional neighbors.
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