Japan's outgoing PM Kishida to visit South Korea

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 03, 2024 7:09 pm

SEOUL — Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will head to Seoul on Friday for a two-day visit to meet South Korea's leader after the pair worked to significantly boost bilateral ties.

The East Asian neighbors, both key security allies of the United States, have long been at odds over historical issues linked to Japan's brutal colonial occupation of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945, including sexual slavery and forced labor.

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