Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol agreed Friday to improve bilateral ties frayed over wartime issues and expressed hope to meet in person as they spoke by phone for the first time since Yoon's election win.They also agreed to coordinate closely in addressing threats posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea, which has repeatedly test-fired ballistic missiles, and the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in the 1970s and 1980s by Pyongyang, the Japanese leader said."Japan and South Korea are important neighbors and healthy bilateral ties are esse…READ FULL ARTICLE
