Yoon travels to Tokyo seeking reset between South Korea and Japan



Analysis Yoon travels to Tokyo seeking reset between South Korea and Japan Historical disputes derailed ties for years, but whether they improve largely depends on reciprocity from Kishida John LeeMarch 16, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON President Yoon Suk-yeol meets with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after the 10th High-Level Meeting of the Friends of CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty) Summit, Sept. 21, 2022 \| Image: Wikimedia Commons 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. But as Seoul and Tokyo seek a reset, significant challenges lie ahead for both Yoon and Kishida. DETERIORATING TIES © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01South Korea bank hacks expose weak links beyond core financial systems 02Lee-Zelensky feud exposes South Korea’s widening Ukraine policy dilemma 03Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump 04Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls 05North Korean POW dispute tests Seoul-Kyiv trust and future Ukraine policy 06South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 07AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline 08South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics

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Yoon travels to Tokyo seeking reset between South Korea and Japan

Historical disputes derailed ties for years, but whether they improve largely depends on reciprocity from Kishida

John LeeMarch 16, 2023

Yoon travels to Tokyo seeking reset between South Korea and Japan

President Yoon Suk-yeol meets with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after the 10th High-Level Meeting of the Friends of CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty) Summit, Sept. 21, 2022 | Image: Wikimedia Commons

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.

But as Seoul and Tokyo seek a reset, significant challenges lie ahead for both Yoon and Kishida.

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