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Jeong Jin-seok and Yun Ho-joong decided to attend
On the 8th, the second day of his visit to Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet with businessmen, including Korean lawmakers from the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians League and heads of the 6th economic body.
According to the political world on the 7th, Prime Minister Kishida is scheduled to meet with members of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians League at a hotel in Seoul on the morning of the 8th. Previously, Prime Minister Kishida expressed his desire to meet with the ruling and opposition party members of the alliance through the Japanese Embassy in Korea. Rep. Jin-seok Jeong, the president of the federation, Rep. Seok-ki Kim, the vice president, Ho-joong Yoon, the secretary general of the Democratic Party, and Il-jong Sung Seong, Han-jung Kim, the Democratic Party, were invited. Among them, during the coordination process between the federation and the Japanese side, only Rep. Jung and Rep. Yoon decided to attend the meeting.
In this regard, Rep. Kim Han-jeong said in a call that day, “Initially, we invited 3 People’s Power and 2 Democratic Party members, but the time given was only 20 minutes. It is time to end when we take a commemorative photo and share good wishes with each other,” he explained.
A member of the People’s Power said, “When President Yoon also visited Japan, he met members of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Federation. We meet at that level,” he said. Previously, when President Yoon visited Japan in March, Fukushiro Nukaga, former chairman of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Federation, and Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Kyungdanren), held major political and economic events in Japan. greeted the people. The meeting is expected to discuss the results of the summit and ways to strengthen political exchanges between Korea and Japan.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Kishida met on the 8th with Chey Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kim Byeong-joon, acting president of the Federation of Korean Industries, Son Kyung-shik, chairman of the Korea Employers Federation, Koo Ja-yeol, chairman of the Korea International Trade Association, Kim Ki-moon, chairman of the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Businesses, and Choi Jin-sik, chairman of the Federation of Korean Medium Enterprises. will have a meeting with Kim Yoon, chairman of Samyang Holdings, will also attend as the head of the Korea-Japan Economic Association. The meeting, hosted by the Japanese Embassy in Korea, is expected to discuss ways to stabilize supply chains between the two countries in key industries such as semiconductors and batteries.
The Japanese Embassy in Korea is known to have requested the participation of the five major conglomerates, including Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motors, LG, and Lotte, but it is unclear whether heads of the five conglomerates will attend. Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, is on a business trip to the United States. Prime Minister Kishida will return home after a two-day, one-night visit to Korea after meeting with the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians’ Federation and the heads of six economic organizations.
Source: Donga
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