Yoon Seok-yue's handling of issues related to South Korea and Japan has caused public anger in South Korea. Yoon's previous remarks about the compensation plan for victims of forced labor expropriation during World War II and "Japan should not kneel for history and ask for forgiveness" have caused public outrage.

The White House website issued a statement on the same day, saying, "President Biden met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Seo-hyeol"