South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol left for Tokyo on Thursday morning for a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The trip follows Seoul’s tentative proposal to resolve to colonial-era grievances over forced labor issues, which strained relations between the two countries for years.

Yoon’s visit marks the first bilateral presidential trip to Japan in more than 11 years. Although President Moon Jae-in visited Japan in 2019, it was for a Group of 20 (G20) summit, not a bilateral visit.