「新政権としっかり意思疎通」　韓国代表団来日で―松野官房長官

　松野博一官房長官は１８日の記者会見で、韓国の尹錫悦次期大統領が２４日から日本に「政策協議代表団」を派遣することについて、「新政権側としっかり意思疎通していく」と語った。代表団滞在中の具体的な日程については「調整中だ」と述べるにとどめた。
　松野氏は北朝鮮への対応をはじめ、「日韓、日米韓の連携は不可欠だ」と指摘。「国交正常化以来続いてきた友好協力関係に基づき関係を発展させていく必要があり、次期大統領のリーダーシップに期待している」と語った。（2022/04/18-11:59）

The Japanese government is ready to "communicate well" with incoming South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Monday.
   The top Japanese government spokesman made the remark as Yoon is slated to dispatch a delegation to Japan on Sunday. The Japanese and South Korean sides are currently working out a schedule of events for members of the delegation during their five-day stay in Japan through April 28, Matsuno said.
   "Cooperation between Japan and South Korea, and among the two plus the United States is essential" in responding to issues related to North Korea and other matters, he said.
   "Japan and South Korea need to further develop their ties based on their friendship and bilateral cooperation that have lasted since their diplomatic normalization," he said, adding, "We are pinning hopes on the next South Korean president's leadership."
   Matsuno, meanwhile, said that the Japan-South Korea relationship is now very strained, citing the issues of Koreans requisitioned to work in Japan during World War II and Korean comfort women, who served as prostitutes, including those forced to do so against their will, for Japanese troops before and during the war.