Japan-South Korea Joint Declaration: A new Japan - Korea Partnership towards the Twenty-first Century (Japanese: 日韓共同宣言 - 21世紀に向けた新たな日韓パートナーシップ, Korean: 한일공동선언 - 21세기를 향한 새로운 한일파트너쉽) was a declaration made on October 8, 1998, between Japanese Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung to reconfirm friendly relations between Japan and South Korea, as well as declare that both countries will discuss the future of Japan-South Korea relations in order to build a new Japan-South Korea partnership. This declaration is also called the “Japan-South Korean Joint Declaration of 1998”.