Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan's defense minister, visited Korea on the 27th to attend a South Korea-Japan defense ministers' meeting, among other events.
Koizumi is scheduled to carry out a two-day itinerary in Korea after arriving that day.
Koizumi began his first schedule in Korea by paying respects at the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak District, Seoul. He will then visit the Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team unit in Wonju, Gangwon, with Minister Ahn Gyu-baek of the Ministry of National Defense.
On the 28th, he will hold a bilateral meeting with the Minister, Ahn. The two ministers' meeting comes about a month after it was held on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on the 30th of last month. It is also the first time in 11 years, since 2015, that a Japanese defense minister has visited Korea for a bilateral meeting.
After arriving in Korea that day, Koizumi wrote on his X account (X, formerly Twitter), "Today and tomorrow, I will carry out my duties so this can be an opportunity for South Korea-Japan defense cooperation to deepen further."