Japan-South Korea rift

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on March 16. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai) 

STEVEN BOROWIEC and KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writers
March 16, 2023 17:03 JST
Updated on March 16, 2023 20:23 JST

TOKYO -- The leaders of Japan and South Korea sought to put their countries' acrimonious past behind them in a Tokyo summit that brought pledges of economic and security cooperation between the neighbors.

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