Japan, S.korea Hold Foreign Ministerial Talks In Tokyo
The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea held a meeting in Tokyo on Monday. They are believed to have discussed ongoing bilateral issues.
Hayashi Yoshimasa and his South Korean counterpart Park Jin met for the first time since President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May.
The Yoon administration has expressed its commitment to improving relations with Japan. Analysts say ties between the two countries are at their lowest point in the postwar period.
Park is the first South Korean foreign minister to visit Japan since a foreign ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 nations in Nagoya three years ago.
Monday's meeting, followed by a working dinner, lasted more than two-and-a-half hours.
Details have yet to be disclosed but the two are believed to have exchanged opinions on wartime labor, those referred to as comfort women, and other outstanding bilateral issues.
Park is also believed to have offered his condolences regarding former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who was fatally shot while giving an election campaign speech earlier this month.
Park will be in Japan until Wednesday. Officials from the two countries are currently arranging a meeting between Park and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.