SEOUL — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited South Korea on Friday, seeking to seal a strengthen ties between the neighbors, which will be tested by impending changes of leaders in Tokyo and Washington.

Prodded by US President Joe Biden, Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol orchestrated a turnaround in ties that had sunk to their lowest level in decades amid acrimonious diplomatic and trade disputes over Japan's occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.

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