![President Lee Jae-myung (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi [Photo=EPA·Yonhap News]](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2025/10/30/20251030060827138146.jpg)
With both sides still coordinating their schedules, the meeting is expected to take place later in the day.
Takaichi, known as a staunch right-winger and a self-proclaimed successor to the late former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, will also hold a series of talks with leaders of other countries during her three-day stay here.
Despite her hardline stance on historical issues with South Korea as a key protégé of Abe's political legacies, she emphasized the importance of strengthening ties with South Korea through dialogue and mutual cooperation in her recent address at the Diet shortly after taking office as the island country's first female prime minister last week.
Much attention is given to whether Lee and Takaichi can continue their shuttle diplomacy, in which the leaders of the two neighboring countries make regular reciprocal visits, as it was under her predecessor Shigeru Ishiba.
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