Japan and South Korea should increase citizen exchanges, especially of young people, to build a new partnership and jointly play a leadership role in the Asia-Pacific region, panelists at a symposium on Japan-South Korea relations agreed Monday.
At the panel discussion titled "Japan and Korea: Building Foundations for a New Partnership," Masao Okonogi, professor of Keio University, said exchanges of young people are the key to deepening understanding between the two countries.
"Through sports or music, or whatever it may be, it is important to have an interest in each other," Okonogi said. "No partnership can be successful without exchanges between the young generation."