Tokyo: President Lee Jae Myung met with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and other lawmakers in Tokyo on Sunday to discuss ways to advance bilateral relations, the presidential office said.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Lee held talks with Suga and other members of the Japan-South Korea Parliamentarians' Association and briefed them on his Saturday summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said in a written briefing.

The Japanese lawmakers welcomed Lee's pick of Japan as his first destination for a bilateral summit since taking office in June and positively evaluated his meeting with Ishiba, vowing to work together for "future-oriented" ties, according to Kang.

Lee also met separately with a delegation led by Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party, and discussed ways to further develop bilateral relations through active parliamentary exchanges, she added.