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Long road ahead: Tokyo and Seoul look to take ties to the next level

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Long road ahead: Tokyo and Seoul look to take ties to the next level
While Fumio Kishida and Yoon Suk-yeol will look to bask in the success of a fruitful summit in Seoul, the Japan-South Korea relationship remains fragile.
COVID-19 downgrade tipped to boost Japan economy by ¥4.2 trillion
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