Key facts
- South Korea and Japan held a vice finance ministerial meeting in Tokyo.
- The meeting focused on bilateral exchanges and global financial market trends.
- Officials discussed efforts to address economic challenges and promote cooperation.
- Both nations committed to continued close coordination on multilateral platforms.
South Korea and Japan held a vice finance ministerial-level meeting in Tokyo on Friday to discuss bilateral exchanges and the latest trends in global financial markets, the finance ministry announced.
Moon Ji-sung, deputy minister for international affairs at South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy, met with Atsushi Mimura, Japan's vice minister of finance. During the meeting, the two countries exchanged views on recent developments in the global economy and financial markets, while sharing their respective governments' efforts to address related challenges.
They also discussed ways to promote bilateral exchanges as well as pending issues on multilateral platforms, such as ASEAN+3 and the Group of 20 (G20). The two countries' finance authorities vowed to continue close coordination at both the senior and working levels, the finance ministry added.