![Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands prior to holding bilateral talks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 13, 2022. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10520383.webp?imageId=10520383&width=960&height=642&format=jpg)
President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Japan from March 16 to 17 for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the presidential office announced Thursday.
Yoon's trip comes at the invitation of the Japanese government, and the details of the meeting are being coordinated between the two countries.
The visit comes after the Korean government on Monday announced its decision to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor through a Korea-backed public foundation without fixed contributions from Japanese companies.
The announcement was seen to signal a thaw in bilateral relations which have frayed in recent years due to historical issues related to Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule.
BY SARAH KIM [kim.sarah@joongang.co.kr]
