Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is greeted by South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung during the sideline meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 30, 2025. - Yonhap via Reuters
GYEONGJU: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi both stressed Thursday (Oct 3o) the importance of "forward-looking ties" as they held their first official talks.
Relations have long suffered over issues related to Japan's brutal 1910-45 occupation of the Korean peninsula and there have been concerns that ties could worsen under Takaichi.
