South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun left for a two-day working visit in Japan on Friday.

Accompanied by his wife Kwon Yang-sook, Roh will fly to Kagoshima, a famous Japanese southern island, Friday afternoon. Roh is to meet Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the resort island.

Seeking joint measures to tackle the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and ways to adopt a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) will top the summit's agenda, according to local media.

In particular, the upcoming summit is to touch on mounting anger in Japan over Pyongyang's recent submission of false ashes of a missing Japanese abductees.

South Korean Foreign Minister said on Tuesday that he anticipates the abductees dispute between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Japan will not negatively affect ongoing efforts to promptly resume the stalled six-party nuclear talks.

Roh was scheduled to return home on Saturday afternoon.

Source: Xinhua