India, Jan. 13 -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in her hometown on Tuesday, in a summit meant to stabilise ties between the two sometime rivals as Japan's worries about Chinese power in Asia grow.

The meeting is part of a swirl of diplomatic activity in a region with growing tensions. A week ago, Lee visited China, where leader Xi Jinping sought to cosy up to Seoul amid tensions between Japan and China after Takaichi said in November that potential Chinese military action against Taiwan, the island democracy Beijing claims as its own, could justify Japanese intervention. Lee's visit also follows the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by the United States, a mutual ally of J...