The leaders of Japan and South Korea staged a surprise drum session on their first day of talks in Japan, smashing out K-pop hits in a loud and unconventional display of diplomacy between a self-confessed metalhead and an aspiring novice.
Japanese Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung swapped their suits for matching blue tracksuits Tuesday to bang out chart-topping tunes by some of South Korea’s biggest cultural exports.
Together, they tackled BTS’s “Dynamite” and the hit track “Golden” from Netflix’s blockbuster “KPop Demon Hunters,” which just won Best Original Song at the Golden Globes – on six-piece kits made by Pearl, the famed Japanese drum…