日韓関係「悪化放置せず」　ハイレベル協議実施へ―林氏、朴外相候補と一致

　林芳正外相は９日、岸田文雄首相の特使として尹錫悦氏の韓国大統領就任式に出席するためソウル入りし、外相候補の朴振氏と夕食を共にしながら約２時間会談した。両氏は、日韓関係について「これ以上の悪化を放置してはならない」との認識で一致。元徴用工や慰安婦問題などの懸案解決へ向け、政府間ハイレベル協議の早期実施を確認した。（2022/05/09-23:48）

Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Park Jin, set to become South Korean foreign minister, on Monday agreed that their countries must not let bilateral relations worsen any further.
   The two shared the view in a dinner session in Seoul that lasted about two hours. Hayashi is visiting the South Korean capital to attend the presidential inauguration ceremony of Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's special envoy.
   Hayashi and Park agreed to realize high-level talks between their governments at an early date to resolve pending issues including those related to former laborers and comfort women who worked for Japan in wartime.
   Japan's basic position is that the wartime labor issue was resolved under the 1965 bilateral agreement on property and claims concluded when the two countries normalized their diplomatic relations.
   "It is necessary to develop Japan-South Korea ties based on the foundation of friendly and cooperative relations that have been built up since the 1965 normalization of the diplomatic ties," Hayashi told Park, calling for concrete action by South Korea.