Japanese PM Plans to Go to South Korea From Sunday, Kyodo Says

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to go to South Korea on Could 7 and eight for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japan’s Kyodo information company quoted the premier as telling reporters on Tuesday.

Kishida instructed reporters in Ghana, the place he’s presently on an official go to, that he’s finalising plans for the go to with Yoon, Kyodo stated, including that it could be a chance for a “frank change on the acceleration of ties” between the 2 nations.

The go to would come forward of the Group of Seven (G7) leaders summit in Hiroshima this month and follows a gathering between the 2 leaders in Tokyo in March.

The 2 sides agreed to revive shuttle diplomacy throughout Yoon’s go to, the primary to Japan by a South Korean president in 12 years.

Ties between the U.S. allies, which have lengthy been strained by disagreement over their shared wartime previous, have improved in current months within the face of North Korea’s frequent missile launches and China’s extra muscular function on the worldwide stage.

(Reporting by David Dolan; Enhancing by Chris Reese and Sonali Paul)

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