Commentary / Japan Jan 27, 2020
Seoul draws wrong THAAD lessons
by Brad Glosserman
China's growing economic influence in South Korea has provided a wedge that Beijing has tried to use to separate Seoul from Tokyo and Washington.
Commentary / Japan Dec 16, 2019
Japan- South Korea ties: What's in a flag?
by Kan Kimura
Japan's Rising Sun Flag has emerged as a key element of the strain in bilateral relations.
Music Nov 27, 2019
Tomoe Sawa: The singer bridging the Japan-South Korea divide
by Chiho Iuchi
Tomoe Sawa, the first person to legally sing in Japanese in South Korea after the Second World War, hopes to improve ties between the two countries with her bilingual concerts and recordings
Editorials Nov 25, 2019
Last week's GSOMIA decision suggests that there is still hope for a solution for the problems that plague Japan-South Korea ties.
Commentary / Japan Nov 25, 2019
Was Seoul's decision on GSOMIA strategic?
by Kuni Miyake
This is not the end of the Japan-South Korea dispute, but rather the beginning of a new round.
National / Politics Nov 1, 2019
Lawmakers from Japan and South Korea push for top-down resolution to crumbling bilateral ties
by Sakura Murakami
About a year after South Korean courts ordered Japanese companies to compensate for the emotional suffering of Korean wartime laborers, lawmakers from both countries Friday agreed on the need to halt the deterioration in ties and called on their leaders to resolve the stalemate ...
National / Politics Oct 1, 2019
South Korean military flies planes near disputed islands in Sea of Japan
The South Korean Air Force flew fighter jets and other planes near Takeshima, a group of disputed islets off Shimane Prefecture, on Tuesday as part of a ceremony marking South Korea's Armed Forces Day. The air force conducted a demonstration of an airspace defense mission, ...
Commentary / Japan Aug 28, 2019
Japan's war crimes, colonialism and apologies
by Kumiharu Shigehara
Both Japan and South Korea must aim for objectivity and impartiality in their grasp of their history.
Commentary / Japan Jul 29, 2019
The 'Chinese Union' and the Korean Peninsula
by Kuni Miyake
Unless a diplomatic genius appears out of the blue and solve this small but serious spat between Tokyo and Seoul, the two neighbors may have to reach an extreme end of their game of chicken.
Commentary / Japan Jul 23, 2019
U.S. intervention can't break the Tokyo-Seoul impasse
by Shihoko Goto
Washington's mediation may provide a temporary fix, but not a long-term resolution to the core problems plaguing Japan-South Korea ties.
Commentary / Japan Jul 9, 2019
South Korea's botched handling of wartime labor issue
by Kan Kimura
Seoul's claim of putting the wartime labor victims first doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
Commentary / Japan Feb 10, 2019
A profound development in Tokyo-Seoul relations
by Kan Kimura
A recent ruling by South Korea's Supreme Court has global implications.