Kishida on N Korea, S Korea, US, Russia

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held meetings on Sunday with U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at a time when relations between the three countries were "becoming more and more important".

Kishida met Yoon for bilateral talks on the sidelines of a regional gathering in Cambodia. After the bilateral meeting, Kishida told reporters that he and Yoon reaffirmed their earlier agreement to work toward quickly resolving the issue of Japan’s wartime mobilization of Korean laborers during its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

Kishida said he and Yoon also confirmed their cooperation on North Korea issues as well as their effort toward achieving a "free and open Indo-Pacific" vision.

During the Japan-US-South Korea meeting, Kishida said the three leaders agreed on their "decisive response toward achieving a complete denuclearization of North Korea". Kishida said they are still trying to set a meeting either during G20 or APEC.