Fumio Kishida and President Yoon Suk-yeol exchange visits as rows over legacy of Japanese colonial rule are soothed
Fumio Kishida and President Yoon Suk-yeol exchange visits as rows over Japanese wartime occupation are soothedThe leaders ofand Japan have met for their second summit in less than two months, as they push to mend long-running historical grievances and boost ties in the face of North Korea’s nuclear programme and other regional challenges.
“It took 12 years to restore ‘the shuttle diplomacy’ but our exchange of visits took less than two months,” Yoon said at the start of the meeting. “I think this confirms that South Korean-Japan relations, which have started fresh, are moving forward with a speed.” South Korean and Japanese officials said their leaders would discuss North Korea’s nuclear programme, South Korean-Japanese economic security and overall relations, and other unspecified international issues.
The most recent sticking point in their ties was 2018 court rulings in South Korea that ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate some of their ageing former Korean employees for colonial-era forced labour. The verdicts angered Japan, which has argued that all compensation issues were already settled when the two countries normalised ties in 1965.
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