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Former Japanese prime minister calls for trilateral nuclear framework with Korea, U.S.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called Wednesday for the "urgent" creation of a permanent trilateral nuclear consultative framework among South Korea, the United States and Japan.

2026-04-08

Korea faces narrowing space to maneuver, hard questions amid closer alignment with U.S.

As strategic blocs in East Asia solidify into a U.S.-Japan-South Korea alignment on one side and a North Korea-China-Russia axis on the other, Seoul faces mounting pressure to clarify its position.

2025-10-20

Korean, Japanese leaders bond over Busan stroll, dinner of delicacies

President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, bonded over a stroll together and dinner with dishes featuring ingredients from their hometowns as they reunited in the coast city of Busan.

2025-10-01

Outgoing Japanese leader expected to visit Korea next week for talks with Lee

Korea and Japan are coordinating a visit by outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the Korean port city of Busan next week for talks with President Lee Jae Myung, a Korean official said Thursday.

2025-09-25

Japan's Ishiba reportedly arranging to visit Busan on Sept. 30 for talks with Lee

Japan's outgoing prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has been arranging a visit to the Korean port city of Busan for talks with President Lee Jae Myung at the end of the month, Japan's Kyodo News reported.

2025-09-19

Japan's Ishiba to visit Busan to meet Lee, TV Asahi reports

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during his two-day visit to the city of Busan from Sept. 30, Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi reported on Thursday, citing a Korean government official.

2025-09-18

Lee, Ishiba discuss common challenges, swap Trump trade talk tips in summit talks

President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday wrapped up a two-day visit to Japan for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba that strengthened strategic communication between the East Asian neighbors amid the changing global trade order.

2025-08-24

Lee Jae Myung apologizes for ‘fabricated espionage cases’ involving ethnic Koreans in Japan

President Lee Jae Myung apologized on behalf of the Korean government over an incident framing ethnic Koreans in Japan as spies during the Park Chung Hee administration as he visited Tokyo on Saturday.

2025-08-23

President Lee likely to take 'pragmatic' approach to first summit with Japan's Ishiba

Lee’s upcoming visit to Tokyo not only marks the first test of his “pragmatic” approach to South Korea’s foreign relations, but could also set the tone for how he handles a relationship fraught with a difficult past and shifting regional dynamics.

2025-08-22

President Lee to depart Saturday morning for six-day trip to Japan, U.S.

President Lee Jae Myung will leave on Saturday for a six-day trip that includes summits with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump, the presidential office said Thursday.

2025-08-21