South Korea, Japan Look to Cement Ties Before Ishiba’s Exit
Lee Jae Myung, South Korea's president, left, and Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's outgoing prime minister, in Tokyo, on Aug. 23.
Photographer: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters/Bloomberg
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to cooperate on shared challenges including the aging populations in a bid to solidify their ties.
In a joint statement issued after their bilateral summit in South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan on Tuesday, the two countries agreed to continue working-level discussions on low birth rates, regional growth and measures to prevent suicide among other issues.