Photo/Illutration Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, is greeted by South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 30. (Pool)

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is arranging to host South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung for a summit meeting in mid-January in her hometown of Nara in western Japan, a local news agency reported on Dec. 4, citing multiple unnamed diplomatic sources.