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This time, we will go to Tokyo, the next destination for President Biden.
Correspondent Park Sang-jin, what is Japan paying attention to?
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Yes, Japan is paying attention to the fact that the importance of trilateral cooperation was emphasized in today's (21st) ROK-US summit joint statement.
The Japanese media reported that one of the topics of today's meeting was strengthening Korea-US-Japan ties, and that the US is actively supporting the improvement of Korea-Japan relations.
President Biden also said that he had discussed improving relations between South Korea and Japan with President Yoon Seok-yeol at a press conference held at the summit, and that he plans to discuss it in Japan as well.
As North Korea has announced that it supports the importance of Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation and the improvement of Korea-Japan relations in a situation where the North Korean missile launches and the confrontation between the United States and China intensify, Japan has no choice but to restore relations between Korea and Japan.
The Japanese government is positive about the importance of the ROK-US alliance and the restoration of Korea-Japan relations.
However, it is not in an atmosphere to expect that the complicated relationship between Korea and Japan, which has been complicated by historical issues such as forced mobilization and military comfort women, will be resolved at once.
For this reason, there is also an atmosphere of trying to solve problems between the two countries while discussing security and economic issues in a realistic way.
(Video coverage: Cheol-min Han, video editing: Tae-ho Yoon)