President Lee Jae-myung and Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to join forces to resolve transnational crimes.
On the 13th in Nara Prefecture, Japan, President Lee said in a joint press statement released after a summit with Prime Minister Takaichi that they decided to strengthen joint responses to transnational crimes, including scam crimes, and that Japan agreed to join the international cooperation council launched under the lead of the Korean National Police Agency.
Lee said they also decided to adopt an agreement to institutionally support cooperation between the two countries, adding that Korea and Japan will jointly contribute to strengthening the protection of the safety of Korean and Japanese nationals in third countries and to resolving transnational crimes that threaten countries around the world.
Prime Minister Takaichi also said that organized fraud transcending national borders is a common challenge for both countries and explained that they decided to accelerate cooperation to respond to organized fraud.