"My heart bleeds" for the suffering suffered by Koreans during the Japanese colonization of the peninsula, said Fumio Kishida in Seoul on Sunday, May 7. It had been twelve years since a Japanese prime minister had visited South Korea for a summit.
This second meeting in less than two months between the leaders of neighboring countries marks the rapprochement of the two main allies of the United States in the region. On the agenda, defense issues with the threat posed by the improvement of North Korea's nuclear program, but especially the historical differences between the two countries.