The logical targets for South Korea’s ire should have been the U.S., China, and Russia, as they brought about the peninsula’s division. Several factors are at...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has long hesitated to speak clearly on the facts of Japan’s wartime history, leading to widespread falsehoods and misunderstanding....
If Moon Jae In means what he says, that he wants “Japan to be South Korea’s most important partner,” he needs to take specific action and...
The realization of a “comprehensive trilateral relationship” between the United States (U.S.) and its two allies – Japan and South Korea – has long...
~Despite the many issues that involve both countries, Japan has rarely expressed its stance in a proactive manner. It is time for Japan to put...
We simply cannot believe our ears. South Korea, which has raised a problem that has already been solved, is now asking Japan to show...
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...
Both Japanese and people from the Korean Peninsula worked in the coal mines in the war era, risking their lives. Now there is a museum to...
Few countries in the world have decided to press ahead with elections despite the coronavirus crisis. More than 40 national polls have been postponed. Even in...
I have written on this subject time and again, but the phrase “Military Comfort Women” was coined long after the war ended. This terminology has...
Former Abe Cabinet advisor Koko Kato left the Prime Minister's Office and took on new duties as the executive director of the NPO, the...
On July 20, Foreign Minister KONO Taro posted on his private blog an article on “Japan-South Korea Relations,” where he offers his thoughts on the...