Japan and South Korea look set to try to revive a relationship that has hit new depths in recent years, with President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol offering an olive branch to Tokyo weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden is likely to visit both countries.
A group of South Korean lawmakers and policy experts dispatched by Yoon arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for five days of meetings with officials including Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Yonhap News Agency said. Yoon has already sent a delegation to the U.S. and will next send envoys to China before his inauguration.
Warming ties between the two U.S. allies would be a welcome development for the Biden administration as it seeks cooperation from Seoul and Tokyo to counter security threats posed by China and North Korea, while securing supply chains for key goods such as semiconductors free from interference from Beijing.
