Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung agreed to enhance cooperation with the United States to achieve the complete denuclearization of North Korea, in addition to developing stable and future-oriented relations between their two countries.

According to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), the two leaders pledged during their summit in Tokyo on Saturday to establish a consultative framework to find solutions to shared socio-economic challenges such as declining birth rates and disaster response measures.

NHK quoted Ishiba as saying that both sides confirmed their commitment to steadily improving bilateral relations based on the positive foundations laid since the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and South Korea in 1965.

On the other hand, the Japanese Prime Minister addressed the restrictions imposed by Seoul on the import of certain Japanese marine products following the 2011 accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, expressing his intention to engage with South Korea to find science-based solutions.

In turn, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung emphasized that the two countries are "inseparable partners," stressing the need to enhance close bilateral cooperation to achieve peace and prosperity.

On Sunday, President Lee Jae-myung held talks with former Japanese Prime Minister and head of the Japan-South Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association, Yoshihide Suga. They agreed to promote bilateral exchanges in various fields, including economic and cultural areas, alongside the importance of strengthening trilateral cooperation between their countries and the United States.

This visit marks the first by a South Korean president to Japan since Lee took office in June last year. He is scheduled to travel to Washington later today for his first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.