Roh Moo-hyun, Koizumi hold summit meeting

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi attend a Japanese tea ceremony in the seaside resort town of Ibusuki, southern Japan, Dec. 18, 2004.

President of the Republic of Korea Roh Moo-hyun (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stroll through the garden of a hotel in the seaside resort town of Ibusuki, southern Japan, Dec. 18, 2004. Roh is in the southern Japanese hot spring resort to hold a summit meeting with Koizumi.

Japanese Foreign Minister Machimura Nobutaka (R) shakes hands with South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-Moon during a meeting in Ibusuki, a seaside resort in southern Japan, Dec. 18, 2004. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation and accelerate the negotiations for a free trade agreement.