Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak will hold a meeting next Wednesday in New York where both leaders will be attending the U.N. General Assembly session, Yonhap news agency reported Friday.
South Korean government sources said Lee is planning to discuss with Noda bilateral free trade talks, the Dokdo territorial dispute (known as Takeshima in Japan), the World War II sex slave issue and North Korea, Yonhap said. Noda has already invited Lee to make a state visit to Japan, which is expected to take place in late fall.
Also on Wednesday, Noda is scheduled to meet U.S. President Barack Obama.
© Japan Today
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nath
I am glad these two leaders are getting together to talk things out.
CityView
The relationship between J and SK should become intersting to follow from now. There is so much activity on YouTube etc showing the Korean looking habits of Noda (and his predecessor Kan) for instance about their way of drinking with two hands and so. I just wonder if the Japanese know thay may be ruled by Koreans aleady? Ha ha.
Raymasaki
i agree with japangal. i hope things get done BUT usually these are just alot of talk. the island issue is not that big, most japanese don't really care about it. Dokdo or Takeshima its just a Huge Rock in the ocean. North Korea is a bigger/ more serious matter.
Asagao
Lee should punch him on the nose for all the radiation that drifted their way.
YuriOtani
Raymasaki, North Korea is not Japans problem and we should drop our claim to the rocks. It should be a brief boring meeting and nothing will get done as usual.
Laguna
They should try some of that Korean-Japanese fusion cuisine so popular in LA that I've heard has drifted to NY. There is nowhere like the United States where pan-East Asian culture thrives.
BessonovYan
It is not good. Because that event demonstrate that USA between Japan and SKorea. Leadership of Asian counties must find willpower and discuss without help USA or China. That future event demonstrate that leaders of Asia region is dolls in USA theater.
BessonovYan
@RaymasakiSep. 16, 2011 - 09:23PM JST
NK is buffer between Japan and China. A-bomb help to NK me more strongest buffer. Japan must be careful for NK because NK is strong buffer. It is important for strategic security of Japan.
But politics elite of Japan never worried about strategic security of Japan. Historic examples:
Attack of Perl-Harb but not occupation it - that can do only stupid or traitors. Attack of Asian countries it is bad relationship with some neighbors in Asia region. The best relationship with USA.