While relations between Japan and South Korea have been improving for years, concerns have also been mounting that bilateral ties might worsen again in the future, casting a shadow over the security environment in East Asia.
Japan and the United States are arranging a summit between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden around April 10, according to sources close to the matter.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong reaffirmed on May 5 their commitment to uphold the rules-based international order amid Russia's aggression against Ukraine and China's growing military and economic clout.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold phone talks on Oct. 6, two days after North Korea launched a ballistic missile in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, South Korea s government says
The first meeting in over two years between Japanese and South Korean leaders last week could be a harbinger of improving ties and a critical step toward cooperation in addressing the issues of North Korea s missile tests and nuclear aspirations.