Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Seoul on Sunday to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, facing a sceptical public there as the leaders seek deeper ties amid nuclear threats from North Korea and China's increasing assertiveness.
Soon before departing, Kishida told reporters he hoped to have "an open discussion based on a relationship of trust" with Yoon, without elaborating on specific issues.
The focus of the summit instead will likely revolve around security cooperation in the face of North Korea's nuclear threats, said Shin-wha Lee, a professor of international relations at Seoul-based Korea University. But the historical differences between South Korea and Japan also threaten to cast a shadow over the blossoming ties between its two leaders.
"Kishida is being careful not to go faster than his domestic politics permit," he added, pointing to the unilateral abrogation by the previous Korean government of a settlement on 'comfort women' as a source of Japan's wariness.
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