The leaders of Japan, the US, and South Korea meet for the first time in three months...Biden: ``Thanks to the leaders of Japan and the US, the burden of carrying out the presidential mission has been reduced.''

South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyeol, who visited San Francisco to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit, met Joe Biden at the US University on the 16th (local time).
He met with the President and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. This is the first time in about three months that the leaders of Japan, the United States, and South Korea have met together, since the U.S. Camp David Summit in August this year.
This afternoon, President Yoon attended the IPEF (Indo-Pacific Economic Framework) Summit, and then met with President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida.
They gathered separately and exchanged stories and took commemorative photos. President Biden said, ``Thanks to President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida, I was able to reduce my burden as I carried out my duties as President of the United States.''
Told. After taking a commemorative photo, the leaders of the three countries reportedly held a private dialogue for about 10 minutes. According to the South Korean Presidential Office, during the closed-door dialogue that day, President Yoon said, ``On cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan.
"The leaders of the United States and Japan share (my) philosophy and beliefs regarding the correlation between security and the economy," he said.
``Although it was a short time, due to the nature of multilateral conferences with tight schedules, it was difficult for the leaders of three countries to gather together.
"This is significant in itself," and is seen as an action to demonstrate to the international community the close cooperative relationship between the three countries.
Meanwhile, President Yoon met with Prime Minister Kishida for the first time in two months this morning, marking the seventh time this year.
Japan-Korea summit meeting was held.