A delegation of South Korean lawmakers will visit Japan on Thursday to seek ways to improve relations between the two nations amid strained ties over trade and historical issues. 

The Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union said Rep. Kim Jin-pyo of the ruling Democratic Party(DP) will lead the seven-member delegation on a three-day trip.

In the first such visit since Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga took office in September, the lawmakers will meet with their Japanese counterparts in the Japan-South Korea Parliamentarians' Union.

The delegation is expected to seek ways to ease the lingering conflict over the issue of Japan's wartime forced labor. 

The South Korean side is seeking to arrange a meeting with Suga as well.