TOKYO -- Japanese and South Korean officials held their breath as South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol met Japanese Ambassador Koichi Aiboshi at his transition committee's office in Seoul on March 28. They breathed a collective sigh of relief when the talks went smoothly. The atmosphere was "congenial," said one diplomat involved in the meeting.
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South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, right, and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi meet in Seoul on March 28. (Yonhap/Kyodo)
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