Japanese, South Korean leaders improve ties, vow to resume mutual visits

Japan and South Korea agreed in their summit Thursday to resume reciprocal visits by their leaders, which had been suspended for 12 years, and bilateral security talks, to help get relations back on track by seeking to resolve a major row over a wartime labor dispute.During the talks in Tokyo, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Yoon Suk Yeol, the first South Korean president to visit Japan in four years, confirmed they will maintain "close communication" and boost political, economic and cultural exchanges.Yoon's two-day visit to Japan came after South Korea announced a proposal to settle the…READ FULL ARTICLE