Chairman Kim Joo-hyun of the Financial Services Commission held a high-level meeting with Commissioner Kurita Teruhisa of the Financial Services Agency of Japan in Seoul on December 19. The shuttle meeting between the financial authorities of the two countries was held for the first time in seven years since the last meeting held in Tokyo in June 2016. At the meeting, the authorities agreed to expand the scope of supervisory cooperation to cover emerging issues, such as innovation in financial services and sustainable finance.