With the cooling of the relationship with Japan, many Chinese tourists are changing their travel plans, diverting from Japan to South Korea.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during last weekend's Group of 20 summit in South Africa, Lee's office said in a statement on Monday.

On the 23rd, Omoto Misora, 19 years old, a business administration student at Yonsei University in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, shared with students at her table how she enrolled at a Korean university after high school during the ‘Korea-Japan Youth Future Dialogue’ held at Baekyang Nuri.

The renewed dispute undermines Seoul’s efforts to restore trilateral cooperation in Northeast Asia amid rising threats from North Korea.

At least four people were killed and 20 others injured after two cars rammed into pedestrians in Japan and South Korea on Monday. One person was killed and 10 others were injured on Monday after a car rammed into pedestrians in central Tokyo.

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Facing reprisals from Beijing for a remark over Taiwan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must walk a fine line to prevent escalating the dispute without looking weak at home.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Chinese Premier Li Qiang did not meet during G20 summit amid tensions over Takaichi’s remarks - Anadolu Ajansı

Korean and Japanese committees involved in public-private cooperation between the two countries held a joint annual meeting on Jeju Island on Saturday.