Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday at a dinner following their summit meeting earlier in the day. After the dinner, the two leaders even went to a rare after-party to further the conciliatory mood.
The two leaders had dinner at Yoshizawa, a long-established Japanese restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo. Kishida and his wife Yuko, and Yoon and his wife Kim Keon Hee, enjoyed Matsusaka beef sukiyaki, while Kamotsuru, a brand of sake brewed in Hiroshima Prefecture -- Kishida's home turf -- was also served.
Kishida and Yoon then went to Rengatei, a restaurant in Ginza that serves yoshoku Japanese-style Western dishes, for talks with only interpreters present. In a relaxed atmosphere, they reportedly took off their jackets and ties. Yoon had visited the restaurant in the past. There, Kishida and Yoon enjoyed such items as rice omelet, pork cutlets, hamburg steak and hayashi rice, a dish featuring sliced beef in demi-glace sauce.
