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<p>September 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM</p>
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<p>SEOUL (Reuters) -The South Korean and Japanese defence ministers will hold talks in Seoul on Monday, Seoul's defence ministry said, marking the first official visit by a Japanese defence minister to South Korea in a decade.</p>
<p>The talks take place amid heightened geopolitical tensions in the region and after a show of force by China during a huge military parade last week attended by North Korea's leader.</p>
<p>Japan's Gen Nakatani will meet South Korean Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-Back on Monday afternoon, the ministry said.</p>
<p>During his two-day trip, Nakatani will visit the Seoul National Cemetery and the Korean Navy 2nd Fleet.</p>
<p>Talks between the U.S. allies come after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un travelled to Beijing last week to attend a military parade held by China to commemorate the end of World War Two.</p>
<p>At the parade, Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping. It was the first time the North Korean leader has attended such a large multilateral diplomatic event and was seen by analysts as a propaganda win for the isolated nuclear-armed state.</p>
<p>Last month, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with Japanese Prime Minister Shiegeru Ishiba in Tokyo where they agreed on forming closer security and economic ties.</p>
<p>Ishiba resigned on Sunday, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy uncertainty for the world's fourth-largest economy.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Heejin KimEditing by Ed Davies)</p>
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