▲ President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands during their meeting in Washington, D.C., in this file photo taken July 10, 2024, on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit. (Yonhap)

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Presidential office says in final arrangements for visit by Japan PM Kishida

By Lee Minji

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- Final arrangements for the agenda of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea are under way, the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol said Sunday.

Japan's Kyodo News earlier reported Kishida was considering holding summit talks with Yoon in South Korea in early September before stepping down from office, citing diplomatic sources.

Bilateral relations between Seoul and Tokyo have significantly warmed since South Korea decided in March last year to resolve the issue of compensating Korean forced labor victims during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula without asking for contributions from Japanese companies.

Yoon and Kishida have prioritized bolstering trilateral security cooperation between the Asian neighbors and their shared ally, the United States, amid growing security threats posed by North Korea.

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