THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 8, 2023 at 17:04 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the beginning of their meeting in Seoul on May 7 (Pool)
SEOUL--Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his “heart hurts” over the suffering that Korean laborers endured during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula in response to his South Korean counterpart’s efforts to improve bilateral relations. [Read More]
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