Japan, China, and South Korea Agree to Promote Peace, Cooperation

Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (C), China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul attend the 11th Trilateral Foreign Minister's Meeting (Japan-China-ROK) in Tokyo on March 22, 2025. s agreed to deepen trade ties. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin / POOL / AFP

By Natsuko Fukue and Katie Forster

Japan, South Korea and China agreed Saturday that peace on the Korean peninsula was a shared responsibility, Seoul’s foreign minister said, in a meeting of the three countries’ top diplomats in which they pledged to promote cooperation.

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