The Japanese Prime Minister is considering visiting South Korea as soon as this summer, or restarting the "shuttle diplomacy" between Japan and South Korea?

　　China News Service, March 1 (Xinhua) According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency, several diplomatic sources said on the 14th that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has begun discussions and plans to visit South Korea as soon as the G7 summit in May.

Data map: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

　　According to reports, Fumio Kishida plans to hold talks with South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue, who is visiting Japan on March 16, and confirm the resumption of the "shuttle diplomacy" of mutual visits between the two heads of state.

Kishida Fumio intends to speed up the improvement of relations through an early visit to South Korea.

Kishida also considered a rare "second meeting" to entertain Yin Xiyue after the dinner meeting after the talks.

　　Kim Sung-han, head of the National Security Office of the South Korean Presidential Office, told the media on the 14th that the visit to Japan "will end the long-standing vicious circle of stagnation in South Korea-Japan relations and become an important opportunity to improve the environment for comprehensive exchanges."

　　Kyodo News analyzed that the reason why Fumio Kishida had a positive attitude towards visiting South Korea was that Yin Xiyue presented solutions to the former conscripted labor lawsuit issue that was once a difficult problem in Japan-South Korea relations.

However, in South Korea, some of the plaintiffs refused to accept the settlement, and the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, also stepped up criticism. Therefore, the realization of the visit to South Korea is expected to encounter twists and turns.

　　As for the timing of the visit to South Korea, a Japanese government official said, "The time frame is expected to be around July to September, and the specific time needs to be clearly checked by South Korea's public opinion."

　　"Shuttle diplomacy" refers to exchange of visits and summit talks between leaders of South Korea and Japan at any time. It was jointly agreed by former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in December 2004.

After the mechanism was formed, it was interrupted several times.

　　According to Japanese media, "shuttle diplomacy" is different from visiting foreign countries to participate in international conferences held in Japan or South Korea. If it can be realized this summer, it will be about 12 years since then Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda visited South Korea in October 2011. Implemented again.