US EditionJapan will host summit with South Korea to bolster ties as Tokyo’s relations with Beijing worsen
Leaders agree to enhance cooperation on trade, security, AI, and recovering wartime remains amid worsening Japan-China relations, with 136 Korean forced laborers' remains identified.
- On Tuesday , South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Nara City, Japan, for a two-day stop following his visit to China.
- Facing Beijing-Tokyo tensions, Seoul is pursuing 'pragmatic diplomacy' to balance ties with China and Japan and enable cooperation amid a push to stabilise United States-Japan-South Korea relations.
- On the agenda are concrete economic measures including artificial intelligence, chips and easing travel for business executives, plus humanitarian talks on denuclearisation and remains recovery at a western Japan undersea mining site.
- Maintaining shuttle diplomacy matters because South Korea is expected to remain neutral, with analysts stressing that keeping meetings going is key to eventual concrete results, Yang said.
- Analysts warn historical tensions will endure, noting that Sanae Takaichi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, honoring 2.5 million war dead, complicate ties despite recent improvements, as Yang Kee-ho said, `Historically, disputes between China and Japan go on for a long time`.
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South Korea and Japan seek closer ties with new leaders' meeting
This will be the second meeting between Lee and Takaichi in less than three months, following their encounter at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit held in South Korea. Takaichi stated on social media that she hopes to “recall the long history of cultural exchange” between the two countries and project a “future-oriented” relationship. For his part, South Korean National Security Advisor Wi Sung-lac indicated that the agenda inc…
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Independent EspañolBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and MAYUKO ONO NARA, Japan (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to intensify cooperation in areas that include economic security, defense, and the search for the remains of Korean forced workers, while both countries face increasing regional uncertainty and challenges. Both neighbors are old allies of the United States, but their relations have often been strained by issue…
It occurs after important Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan and after the launch of ballistic missions by North Korea to the Japanese sea.
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