Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will take over as head of the supra-partisan Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union, succeeding former Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga of the Liberal Democratic Party.
The proposal was approved Friday at a board meeting of the lawmakers' group in Tokyo. The decision will be finalized at the group's general meeting.
"Japan and South Korea are extremely important neighbors, both in economic and security terms," Suga said during the board meeting. "I'll work to develop friendship between the two countries."
