Nuka, President of the Ilhan Medical Association, Says "Abe Has the Will to Resolve Korea-Japan Relations"

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[Asia Economy Reporters Kang Nahum and Jeon Jinyoung] Nukaga Fukushiro, chairman of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary League and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, met with Kang Chang-il, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, in Tokyo on the 9th and stated that "Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has the will to resolve Japan-Korea relations."

Kang, chairman of the Korea-Japan Parliamentary League, said in a phone interview with Asia Economy on the same day, "I met with Representative Nukaga today, and he conveyed that Prime Minister Abe has the will to resolve Japan-Korea relations."

Visiting Japan the day before, Kang met with Representative Nukaga around 6:30 p.m. on the first day of his visit at a restaurant in the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo, where they exchanged opinions on current issues of conflict between Korea and Japan, including the forced labor issue.

Kang said, "I also conveyed that our government has the will to resolve Korea-Japan relations, and we talked about resolving the relations well as soon as possible."

He added, "There were also reports from Japanese journalists that Prime Minister Abe wants to resolve Korea-Japan relations well," and evaluated that "the positions of both sides were conveyed to each other."

In addition to Kang, four members of the Korea-Japan Parliamentary League from both ruling and opposition parties, including Yoon Ho-jung of the Democratic Party, Lee Jin-bok and Kim Seok-ki of the Liberty Korea Party, and Ji Sang-wook of the New Conservative Party, are expected to visit Japan after attending the plenary session in the afternoon. They are scheduled to attend the New Year's gathering of the Mindan on the 10th, followed by a luncheon of the parliamentary league from both sides.

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