President Lee holds 1st S.Korea-Japan summit

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on sidelines of G7 summit in Canada. Two leaders agreed to strengthen South Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation and to resume 'shuttle diplomacy'. Lee said that Korea and Japan are deeply intertwined and that he expects the two countries to overcome small differences and develop a mutually helpful relationship.

Ishiba expressed hope that bilateral exchanges would become more active to mark the 60th anniversary of the normalization of Korea-Japan diplomatic ties.