Japan PM Takaichi planning to visit S. Korea later this month
Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi is considering visiting South Korea later in May for a bilateral summit to reaffirm the two nations' close ties in fields including security amid the increasingly uncertain international situation, Japanese government sources said Friday, Jiji Press reports.
A plan is under study for Takaichi to visit South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's home city of Andong in North Gyeongsang Province, eastern South Korea, on May 19 and 20, after Lee visited the Japanese leader's home prefecture of Nara in western Japan in January, according to the sources.
This would be part of the so-called shuttle diplomacy, or mutual visits by Japanese and South Korean leaders to each other's countries.
Tokyo hopes that Takaichi and Lee will further deepen their relationship of trust through the reciprocal visits to their respective home turf.
Earlier, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that the country will be able to secure enough supply of naphtha-based chemical products "until after" the start of next year.
