The new president of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba tried to leave old feuds behind and look to the future at the Tokyo summit.A meeting between the leaders of South Korea and Japan this weekend was hailed as the start of a new stage in the relationship between the two countries.

With US foreign policy in flux, Japan and South Korea are finding common ground on trade, defense, and demographic challenges.

On his first official visit to Japan since taking office in June, Lee met Ishiba at the premier's residence in Tokyo to discuss bilateral ties between the East Asia neighbours, including closer security coordination with the United States under a trilateral pact signed by their predecessors.