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On the 10th, President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol (left) greeting after his election at the National Assembly, and on the 4th, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida holding a press conference at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by AFP, Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Se-eun] It is expected that a meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the Korean policy consultation delegation will be arranged.

On the 22nd, Kyodo News reported, citing multiple sources, that Prime Minister Kishida is coordinating to meet with the policy consultation team dispatched by President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol.

According to the media, Prime Minister Kishida wants to directly confirm the direction of improving Korea-Japan relations under the next administration, the Yoon Suk-yeol government.

The main agenda of the meeting is expected to be the historical issues between Korea and Japan.

Currently, the Japanese government claims that the issues of forced labor during the Japanese colonial period and the comfort women have already been resolved, and hopes that Korea will propose solutions regarding lawsuits filed by the victims.

If the meeting is arranged, discussions are also expected regarding Prime Minister Kishida's attendance at President-elect Yoon's inauguration ceremony.

The consultation team dispatched by President-elect Yoon to Japan is led by Jung Jin-seok, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and co-chair of the Korea-Japan Parliamentary Diplomacy Forum, and consists of Kim Seok-ki, member of the People Power Party (deputy leader and secretary-general of the Korea-Japan Parliamentary League), Yoon Deok-min, former president of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Park Cheol-hee, professor at Seoul National University Graduate School of International Studies (special advisor for foreign affairs and security at the Presidential Transition Committee), Lee Sang-duk, former ambassador to Singapore, Jang Ho-jin, former ambassador to Cambodia, and Woo Jeong-yeop, research fellow at the Sejong Institute.

They are pursuing meetings not only with Prime Minister Kishida but also with former Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga.

The consultation team, arriving in Japan on the 24th, plans to meet with officials from the Japanese government, political circles, academia, and media, and is scheduled to return to Korea on the 28th.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.