Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit South Korea in early May to hold a meeting with President Yoon Suk-yeol on May 7th and 8th, according to various Japanese and South Korean diplomatic sources. The news agency reported that the purpose of the meeting is to reaffirm cooperation regarding North Korea ahead of the G7 summit in Hiroshima later in the month. An informed source confirmed that the meeting was anticipated before the G7 summit.
Relations between Japan and South Korea, which have been strained for a long time due to issues such as wartime compensation and trade, have improved in recent months in response to North Korea's repeated missile launches and the growing role of China on the global stage. According to Japanese broadcasting and television, the last visit by a Japanese Prime Minister to South Korea was in 2018, conducted by Shinzo Abe.
