South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Seoul said Friday, days after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. The visit ...

North Korea has given no space for engagement on the issues most relevant to Japan — that is, the abductee issue and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pose for photographs as they visit the ...

South Korea has become a new focal point amid an escalating feud between China and Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung on Tuesday at a summit in ...

The South Korean leader highlighted the importance of cooperation with Japan and stopped short of criticizing Tokyo or mentioning thorny issues of history.

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 ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae play drums together at their summit meeting in Nara Prefecture, Japan, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: X/ Lee Jae-myung On ...

SEOUL--Shohei Ohtani may be South Korea’s most-beloved Japanese athlete, a testament to his charm in softening any lingering animosity between the two neighbors.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Nara, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. Credit - Issei Kato—Reuters/Bloomberg/Getty Images ...

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 ...