Premier Kathleen Wynne is headed to the Far East with hopes of drumming up jobs for Ontario.

Wynne announced Friday she will lead a trade mission to Japan and South Korea from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2.

“Japan and South Korea are important trade partners for Ontario. In today’s innovation-driven economy, opportunities like this mission help Ontario stay on the leading edge of the global economy,” the premier said in a statement.

“With the business delegation from Ontario, we will attract new investment to our province and lay the foundation for future partnerships between governments and the private sector to secure our continued economic growth,” she said.

The Team Ontario mission will travel to Tokyo and Nagoya in Japan and Seoul, South Korea.

Both Asian powerhouses are important trading partners with the province and many Japanese and South Korean companies, such as Toyota, Honda, and Samsung, are major employers in Ontario.

Last year, two-way trade between Ontario and Japan was more than $11 billion while it was nearly $6 billion with South Korea.

Wynne will be the first Ontario premier to make an official visit to South Korea in 30 years and the first to Japan in a decade.

Queen’s Park said the mission will concentrate on auto manufacturing, information technology, and life sciences.

Since taking office in February 2013 the premier has been criss-crossing the planet to try to lure jobs and investment.

She has been to China twice – in 2014 and last year.

Already this year, she has led large trade delegations to India and Israel to promote the government’s so-called “going global” strategy.

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