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SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY

Japan and South Korea announces relaxed trade controls and a return of frequent reciprocal visits on Thursday, March 16, 2023, as President Yoon Suk Yeol visits Tokyo on a trip intended to rebuild ties between the regional neighbors. For years, the two East Asian countries have been locked in a bitter spat over wartime forced labor. But since his election last May, Yoon has made it clear that repairing relations with Japan is a top priority. He has already met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of diplomatic events, and on Thursday the pair kicked off the first full-scale summit between their countries in 12 years. Kishida said the two sides had "agreed on the resumption of shuttle diplomacy by leaders of Japan and South Korea, no matter what the format" of the trips. Japanese media said this could include Kishida inviting Yoon to the Group of Seven summit in the southern city of Hiroshima in May, and then visiting Seoul.

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