Seoul:President Lee Jae Myung is scheduled to meet with Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of a major Japanese business association, on Friday to discuss enhancing cooperation and exchanges between South Korea and Japan.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the meeting with the Japan Business Federation's chairman coincides with Tsutsui's visit to Seoul for the 33rd meeting between the federation and the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), its South Korean counterpart.

During the meeting, President Lee intends to review the outcomes of the South Korea-Japan business meeting and urge the Japanese business sector to contribute to expanding economic cooperation and fostering people-to-people exchanges between the two nations. Ryu Jin, FKI chairman, Keiichi Iwata, chairman of Japan's Sumitomo Chemical, and Toshiaki Higashihara, executive chair of Hitachi, are also expected to attend the afternoon meeting, as reported by Cheong Wa Dae.