"We welcome the move to restore healthy relations between Japan and South Korea that were in a very dire place" since 2018, says FM Hayashi.
While any improvement in Japan-South Korea relations is welcome, resolution of the wartime labor issue will only be temporarily if it ignores the 1965 treaty.
The Yoon government is seeking a resolution of the wartime labor issue but has yet to convince South Korean lawsuit parties who want money, or a...
Koreans and Japanese need to overcome the past and join hands to meet the challenges of the future. Currently, the ball is in South Korea and...
The role of the Tokyo-based Industrial Heritage Information Center is to provide accurate primary sources and testimonies. We have no intention of changing this principle.
King Jong-un sends urban youth into brutal rural workplaces if they enjoy things from Seoul. A law imposes capital punishment on those distributing South Korean drama...
~Just remember: we can get through this rough patch somehow if we grit our teeth and pull together.~ On Monday, November 23 Japan...
South Korea's Supreme Court: Relations were exacerbated when the court ordered Japanese companies to pay additional wartime reparations, rejecting the 1965 bilateral treaty that resolved issues...
In their 1965 treaty, claims settlement agreement and restoration of diplomatic relations, South Korea called for all compensation from Japan to wartime laborers, to be paid...
The stories told by these statistics reveal the reality of wartime laborer, which differs dramatically from the claims of capture and forced labor, or slave labor,...
The foundation of Japan-South Korea relations was shaken by the South Korean Supreme Court’s ruling on wartime laborers in Japan. An explanation of the key terms...
The liquidation of assets of the Japanese companies is precisely a consequence that the 1965 Treaty and Agreement intended to prevent.