President Lee Jae Myung voiced optimism about South Korea's relations with Japan on Saturday after his first summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, saying the two countries can advance into mutually beneficial ties by "squarely facing" their pending issues.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met in their first summit Thursday, pledging to strengthen ties that have been frequently strained by their bitter wartime history.

The leaders of Japan and South Korea have met for the first time since both took office, on the sidelines of the APEC summit. Their predecessors built unusually warm ties between two neighbors once strained by historical friction.

The two leaders focused on regional security and trade, and did not mention long-standing differences over history and maritime territory.

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Japan relations GYEONGJU, South Korea, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- Future talks between the leaders of South Korea and Japan should be grounded in "candid" dialogue when they address unresolved issues related to Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula,