In their first official bilateral meeting in 12 years, the leaders of South Korea and Japan will meet in Tokyo on Thursday.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol during the ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 13, 2022. The two leaders will meet in Tokyo on Thursday in the first bilateral summit between Japan and South Korea in more than a decade, in hopes of overcoming tensions that date back more than 100 years.
Both South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are gambling that they can overcome historical feuds and domestic politics that have sent relations between the two neighbors — two of the region's largest economies and established democracies — to their lowest point in decades.to the White House next month, he could deliver an accomplishment to President Biden: mended fences with Japan.
Washington has long sought to cajole its allies into shelving their disputes and building a tripartite alliance to meet security challenges in Asia, especially from China and North Korea.
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