NARA — South Korea and Japan agreed Tuesday to deepen cooperation in areas including artificial intelligence, intellectual property, shared social challenges and regional security, while also making meaningful progress on historical issues, according to a joint statement. The statement was jointly announced at 4:30 p.m. by Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, following a 90-minute summit held in Nara Prefecture, the Japanese leader’s home constituency. “In the economic sphere, the two countries shared the view that cooperation needs to go beyond trade-centered engagement and expand into more comprehensive collaboration, including economic security, science and technology, and jointly shaping international norms,” the joint statement said, as Prime Minister Takaichi read the opening portion. The leaders also discussed expanding joint efforts to address shared social challenges, including low birth rates and population aging, balanced regional development, agriculture and disaster prevention, and suicide prevention. They agreed to pursue concr