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Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to Korea for MLB Game: Speculation and Denial

◀ Again ▶ Japanese media reported that Prime Minister Kishida is considering visiting Korea in time for the opening Major League Baseball game in Seoul next month and holding a summit meeting with President Yoon Seok- yeol. There was even speculation that the two leaders might watch the match together, but the governments of both […]

Japanese Government “Korean and Japanese Leaders to Confirm Indo-Pacific Cooperation”

Avoid immediate response to apology for colonial rule and discussion about contaminated water in Fukushima President Yoon Seok-yeol, who visited Japan on a two-day, one-night schedule, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence in Tokyo on the afternoon of March 16 ahead of the extended Korea-Japan summit. random […]

Office of the President “I received compliments from the accommodation and airport staff… Success in opening the hearts of the Japanese people”

Lee Do-woon, Spokesman for the President’s Office Regarding the Korea-Japan summit, the President’s office said, “I believe we have succeeded to some extent in opening the hearts of the Japanese people.” Spokesman Lee Do-woon said at the briefing, “When the president and his entourage left the accommodation and went to the airport, all the hotel […]

[조진구 칼럼] Challenges left by the Korea-Japan Summit

It has been 11 years and 3 months since President Lee Myung-bak visited Kyoto in December 2011, and a Korean president has visited Japan. President Yoon Seok-yeol’s visit came true as Japan evaluated the South Korean government’s third-party reimbursement plan for the issue of forced labor, which was the biggest pending issue between Korea and […]