The leaders of Japan and South Korea held their first bilateral meeting in nearly three years, agreeing to advance ties and work together on North Korea’s rising weapons threat
—including the prospect of a seventh nuclear test by the Kim Jong Un regime. Mr. Kishida said at a news conference Thursday that the two sides were having constructive talks over a dispute about potential compensation for Korean forced laborers in World War II.of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. South Korea’s prime minister is scheduled to attend.
“Seoul needs to untie the legal and domestic political knots over wartime compensation while Tokyo should show greater efforts for historical reconciliation and cooperation on trade,” Prof. Easley said. Domestic politics in both Japan and South Korea make any swift resolution difficult, with considerable blocs in both countries unwilling to compromise on legacy issues. Both conservative leaders also face falling approval ratings back home., has seen his approval ratings slide to 34%, according to a Realmeter poll released this week, down roughly 18 percentage points from their peak level in June.
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