Japan and South Korea agreed Friday to resume a joint naval search and rescue exercise that was discontinued in 2017. Japan Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and South Korea Defense Minister Ahn ...

SEOUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The defence ministers of South Korea and Japan agreed on Friday to upgrade defence cooperation and ...

Takaichi Sanae, former Minister of Economic Security, has been elected as the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and is expected to become the next prime minister, raising concerns that a ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae at their summit meeting in Nara Prefecture, ...

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 Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s “pragmatic diplomacy” is being put to the test as both Beijing and Tokyo are courting Seoul amid Sino-Japanese discord. A week after meeting President Xi Jinping ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung shake hands at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2025 (Kyodo photo via AP Images). Click to share on ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s outgoing prime minister and his South Korean counterpart underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between their nations, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in ...

Tokyo — The leaders of Japan and South Korea have shown an unusual level of harmony, banging out a drum set duet to K-pop hits during a summit on Tuesday. The leaders, whose nations have had tense ...