South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and former Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru held their first summit meeting during the G-7 Summit in Canada in June, immediately following Lee’s inauguration. This was followed by Lee’s visit to Japan at the end of August en route to the United States, as well as another meeting in Busan at the end of September, meaning that three summit meetings were held in the span of just four months.
The clutch of meetings makes clear that both Tokyo and Seoul are amply aware of the importance of Japan-South Korea relations in the current international environments. It also means that the two governments have effectively agreed on a policy of refraining from unilaterally changing the status quo on historical issues for the sake of smoothly navigating bilateral relations.
Now, after a period of uncertainty following Komeito’s decision to leave Japan’s coalition government, Takaichi Sa
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