Fall down seven times, get up eight. This Japanese proverb about resilience also applies to Japan’s relationship with South Korea. After a 2018 ruling by the South Korean Supreme Court set off a diplomatic spiral within Japan-South Korea relations, 2022 saw a dramatic improvement in bilateral ties. Since then, numerous meetings between Japanese Prime Minister … Read more
Advertisement With Japan-South Korea relations improving rapidly for the past several months, there are growing calls for an early adoption of a new Japan–South Korea Joint Declaration to update one issued a quarter of a century ago. However, Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio still takes a cautious stance on it. Representing Kishida, the prime minister’s … Read more
Advertisement The third meeting in two months between Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol, this time on the sidelines of the Hiroshima G-7 summit on May 21, marked a milestone in the relationship between the two Northeast Asian neighbors. The two nations have long been at loggerheads over Japan’s colonial … Read more
Tokyo Report | Diplomacy | East Asia As Japan prepares to release treated water from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, it battles harsh criticism from South Korea. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (left) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. … Read more
Advertisement South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in Seoul on Sunday. It was the first time that a Japanese prime minster had come to Seoul for a bilateral summit meeting since 2011. In March, Yoon visited Tokyo as a follow-up step to his foreign minister’s announcement on resolving the … Read more
Advertisement Japan and South Korea are finally emerging from their long diplomatic stalemate. In a surprise move, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will make a two-day visit to Seoul starting on May 7 to meet with President Yoon Suk-yeol. This is a reciprocal trip, coming less than two months after Yoon’s trip to Tokyo in … Read more