Japan, S. Korea agree to enhance ties in 'challenging' environment
Sunday, 24 August 2025 () Tokyo (AFP) Aug 23, 2025
Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to boost cooperation bilateral cooperation in the face of a "challenging" environment, as they met in Tokyo on Saturday. Disputes over territory and Japan's use of forced labour during its decades-long 20th-century occupation of the Korean peninsula have long strained ties between the two neighbours. But the neighbouring countries have drawn c