South Korea-Japan leaders may watch the 2023 World Baseball Classic together in Tokyo as they seek to improve bilateral relations.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may watch their countries' national baseball teams play a match together next month in Tokyo, a South Korean newspaper reported Thursday, as they seek to improve bilateral relations. South Korea's Foreign Ministry, however, said in a statement later in the day, "The report on watching a baseball game together is incorrect, and the timing for the announcement of a resolution (on wartime forced labor) has not been decided for now. Related coverage:South Korea, Japan make little progress in talks on wartime labor issueJapan to uphold apology if South Korea settles wartime labor issueJapan, South Korea vow to maintain communication on wartime labor issue

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