Japanese and Korean businesspeople promote Korea's accession to the CPTPP...hoping for simplification of immigration procedures

Japanese and Korean business leaders have decided to work together to promote Korea's accession to the CPTPP (TPP11, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership).
They also stated their position that they would like immigration procedures to be simplified for visitors traveling between Japan and Korea.
The two sides adopted a joint statement including the above contents on the 28th at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea, and the Japan-Korea Business Conference will be held in Seoul from the 27th to the 28th.
The delegation was attended by 214 people from the South Korean side, including Kim Yoon, chairman of the Korea-Japan Economic Association, and 73 people from Japan, including Aso Yasushi, vice chairman of the Japan-Korea Economic Association.
In order to realize "cooperation and cooperation between the Japanese and Korean business communities," businesspeople from both countries have decided to cooperate with related organizations in advance and carry out activities for "Korea's accession to the CPTPP."
In addition, with the number of travelers between the two countries hitting a record high of 12 million last year, the joint statement also included a call to "simplify and even abolish immigration procedures."
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