Foreign Minister Hayashi, who is visiting South Korea, met with Park Jin, a candidate for foreign minister of the new administration, on the night of the 9th, saying that the deteriorated Japan-South Korea relations should not be left unattended. We agreed to discuss with a sense of speed toward a solution.

Foreign Minister Hayashi, who is visiting South Korea as a special envoy of Prime Minister Kishida to attend the inauguration ceremony of the next president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, will have dinner with Park Chin, a candidate for foreign minister of the new administration of Yun, on the night of the 9th. While taking it, we talked for about 2 hours.



At the meeting, Minister Hayashi and Mr. Park said that in the current international situation where the international order based on the rules is threatened, when strategic cooperation between Japan and the United States and the three countries including the United States is necessary. As no, we shared the perception that relationship improvement is not waiting.



On top of that, Minister Hayashi said that the development of bilateral relations requires the resolution of concerns between Japan and South Korea, such as the issue of "recruitment" during the Pacific War and the issue of comfort women.



It was agreed that the two governments would discuss with each other with a sense of speed, including high-level ones, toward the early resolution of the pending issues between Japan and South Korea, saying that the deteriorated Japan-South Korea relations should not be left unattended anymore. ..