The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the Japanese government is considering inviting President Yoon Seok-yeol to the G7 summit to be held in Hiroshima on May 19-21.



According to reports, Japan is inviting South Korea to strengthen solidarity with countries that share values ​​such as democracy and rule by law in response to North Korea continuing nuclear and missile provocations, China strengthening hegemonism, and Russia invading Ukraine. are considering



"The Korean side also strongly hopes to participate in the G7 summit," Yomiuri said.



"Unlike the previous Moon Jae-in administration, the Yoon Seok-yeol administration is promoting improved relations with Japan and Korea-US-Japan security cooperation," he said. ," he analyzed.



Japan also invited Korea to the G8 summit held in Toyako, Hokkaido in 2008.



However, Yomiuri expected that the resolution of the issue of compensation for 'old conscripts' (forced mobilization workers in Japan), a major pending issue between the two countries, would be the key to inviting Korea.



The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to gather opinions from all walks of life by holding an open forum on the 12th to discuss the resolution of the conscription issue with the Korea-Japan Parliamentary Federation.



In the debate, there is a possibility that the Japanese Forced Mobilization Victims Support Foundation will be the main agent on behalf of the Japanese companies that have been sentenced to compensate for the damages caused by conscription, and a plan to reimburse and pay the compensation with funds received from Korean companies may be suggested as a solution.



In this regard, the victims are demanding the Japanese defendant company's participation in raising funds and the Japanese government and companies' apology, but the Japanese government is sticking to the position that the issue of compensation has already been resolved with the Korea-Japan Claims Agreement.



Yomiuri said, "The Japanese government does not recognize the compensation order (by the Korean Supreme Court) and maintains a position to ask the Korean government to resolve it." I predicted