TOKYO -- Japan and South Korea should make a new joint declaration to update one issued a quarter of a century ago, in light of the recent warming of their relationship, panelists said at Nikkei's Future of Asia conference in Tokyo on Friday.
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Kenichiro Sasae, center, president of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, and Park Joon-woo, South Korea's former senior secretary to the president for political affairs, discuss regional issues at Nikkei's Future of Asia forum. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)
TOKYO -- Japan and South Korea should make a new joint declaration to update one issued a quarter of a century ago, in light of the recent warming of their relationship, panelists said at Nikkei's Future of Asia conference in Tokyo on Friday.