Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center left, is greeted as his wife Yuko Kishida stands upon their arrival at Seoul airbase in Seongnam, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

TOKYO/SEOUL, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told South Koreans on Sunday his "heart hurts" when he thinks of suffering and pain during Japanese colonial rule, in a nod to ...

Seoul had made the proposal as an effort to continue the evaluation on the status of Japan's implementation of the measures it promised to take to reflect the "full history" of the site, including ...

S Korea-Japan-diplomacy SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The Japanese Embassy in Seoul will host a reception this week to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and ...

The Seoul Central District Court ruled the Japanese government must give 100 million won ($91,360) each to the 12 aging women who filed the lawsuits in 2013 for their wartime sexual slavery.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, reciprocating Yoon’s visit to Tokyo in March. In doing so, the two leaders marked the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan lodged a complaint Monday over a South Korean ship that was conducting a marine survey in waters near Japanese-claimed islands controlled by Seoul. Government spokesperson ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, walk to their chairs during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept ...

SEOUL — A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, a landmark ruling that ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Less than a month before leaving office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Seoul and reaffirmed sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japan’s ...