Japanese Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung rounded off their summit meeting on Tuesday with an unexpected jam session where the two played drums along to some K-pop hits.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met in Japan on Tuesday, reaffirming the strategic importance of bilateral ties between their

President Lee Jae-myung, who is visiting Nara Prefecture, Nara-ken, Japan, toured Horyu-ji Temple, a representative cultural heritage site in the Nara region, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the morning of the 14th.

In a video of Takaichi welcoming Lee ahead of their summit, Takaichi is seen greeting Lee with a loud "Hello" in Japanese and a 90-degree bow. Photo: screenshot from video by MBC News on Youtube

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that he wants to open a "new phase" for relations with China, after meeting with President Xi Jinping during Lee's first trip to Beijing since taking office in June.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi yesterday called on South Korean President Lee Jae-myung to help “ensure regional stability,” as Beijing pressures Tokyo over its stance on Taiwan. The two leaders met in Takaichi’s picturesque home region of Nara in western Japan, days after Lee visited Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in Beijing.

In a video of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi welcoming South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ahead of the South Korea-Japan summit on Tuesday in Nara, Japan, Takaichi is seen greeting Lee with a loud “Hello” in Japanese and a 90-degree bow.

President Lee Jae-myung instructed on the 13th that the government should gather opinions after the ruling Democratic Party of Korea conducts sufficient discussion and deliberation regarding prosecution reform and the prosecution’s right to supplementary investigations.