SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s outgoing prime minister and his South Korean counterpart underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between their nations, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae at their summit meeting in Nara Prefecture, Japan, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan Earlier this ...

The year 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea, a significant milestone in the history of both nations. Despite the long-standing ...

When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung at the start of their summit meeting ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in her hometown on Tuesday, in a summit meant to stabilize ties between the two sometime-rivals as ...

NARA, Japan (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed Tuesday to step up cooperation in areas including economic security, defense and searching for ...

SADO, Japan (AP) — South Korea commemorated wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado gold mines in a ceremony Monday, a day after boycotting a similar event organized by Japan, as tensions over ...