On the 13th, Prime Minister Kishida, who is visiting Cambodia, will hold a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Sung-yeol.
The official Japan-South Korea summit is the first in about three years, and the focus is on whether it will be a clue to improving relations.
On the 13th, Prime Minister Kishida, who is visiting Cambodia, attended the "East Asia Summit," which was attended by Southeast Asian countries, the United States, China, Russia, and other countries, and condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With this in mind, we will express our serious concerns about attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force.
After that, he will hold a summit meeting with President Biden of the United States and President Yoon Sung-ryul of South Korea to discuss responses to North Korea, which has repeatedly launched ballistic missiles and escalated provocations.
In addition, I will attend individual summit meetings between Japan and the United States and Japan and South Korea, and at the meeting with President Yoon, I expect to exchange views on pending issues between the two countries, such as the issue of "recruitment" during the Pacific War.
While discussions have continued at diplomatic authorities, the official Japan-South Korea summit has been around for the first time in about three years, and the focus is on whether it will be a clue to improving relations between the two countries.
And at the meeting with President Biden, it is expected to reconfirm the strengthening of the Japan-US alliance.