Overview
- Lee and Takaichi held a 1.5-hour meeting in Nara and pledged to keep leader-level shuttle diplomacy on track.
- The two governments will start working-level consultations on artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights to deepen economic and technology cooperation.
- They agreed to cooperate on recovering remains from the Chosei undersea coal mine and to use DNA analysis to identify Korean victims.
- Both sides reaffirmed the goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and close coordination on North Korea, including with the United States.
- Seoul signaled it will not take sides in the Japan–China dispute as it expands cooperation with Tokyo on economic security, people-to-people exchanges, and responses to transnational crime.