"Testimonials" by second-generation witnesses are hearsay, not evidence, and should not be permitted to impede UNESCO listing of the Sado gold mines.
TIME magazine created controversy with a mismatched headline over Mr Kishida's interview, but the content is less biased, says US affairs expert Yoichi Shimada.
The South Korea "solution" continues to leave the impression abroad that Japan had somehow acted unjustly and it doesn't set the historical record straight.
The issues are difficult, but President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea shows courage in floating a new proposal to end the acrimony with Japan, says Mr...
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...
Jiang Zemin paved the way for the belligerent China of Xi Jinping. His distorted and manipulative "patriotic education" stirred anti-Japanese sentiments.
Joining the International Fleet Review is a positive step but serious bilateral hurdles remain, such as South Korean wartime labor lawsuits and public opinion.
On a per capita basis, South Korea is spending more than twice as much on defense, and its weapons development budget is believed to be triple...
China rebuked Japan for Taiwan's flower offering, and left-leaning media in both countries played up the costs of the state funeral for Abe as "divisive."
“The statues have nothing to do with peace," explained South Korean scholar Lee Wooyoun, "and erecting them makes the bilateral problem worse and worse."
Some in the West find it convenient to photoshop the Russians out of WWII while skewing the data to make the Japanese look bad. A look...
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...
