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SOUTH KOREA JAPAN RELATIONS

BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2015
Japan, China, South Korea tourism ministers to meet in Tokyo
Tourism ministers from Japan, China and South Korea will meet in mid-April in Tokyo, resuming what had been an annual meeting last held in 2011 before Japan-China ties soured.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2015
Japanese-Korean consultative group tackles sore points at first meeting
A group of veteran political and economic leaders from Japan and South Korea tasked with finding ways to improve strained relations has concluded its first meeting by setting a goal to make progress to honor the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 21, 2015
Ministers agree on leaders' summit
The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China on Saturday agreed that a summit of their leaders, on hold for nearly three years because of tensions over history and territory, should be held soon to mend the countries' frayed ties.
JAPAN / History
Mar 18, 2015
Japanese historians seek revision of U.S. textbook over 'comfort women' depiction
A group of 19 Japanese historians and scholars plan to file a protest with U.S. publisher McGraw-Hill, claiming a history textbook it published in 2011 contains a number of "factual errors" on the "comfort women" issue.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2015
Japan, South Korea, China foreign ministers to meet Saturday
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will meet Saturday in Seoul for the first time in nearly three years.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2015
South Korea honors ex-Nagasaki mayor over support for A-bomb survivors
The South Korean government honored Hitoshi Motoshima, the late mayor of Nagasaki, on Thursday in recognition of his support for Korean atomic bomb survivors.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2015
No press pass yet for Sankei's new Seoul bureau chief appointed in September
A Japanese journalist sent to replace a colleague accused of defaming South Korea's president has been unable to get a press pass from Seoul since September.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2015
Park urges Japan to resolve 'comfort women' issue while aging victims still alive
South Korean President Park Geun-hye again urges Japan to resolve the “comfort women” issue to “restore the honor of these old ladies” and “honestly admit the historical truth.”
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 28, 2015
Top U.S. diplomat optimistic about East Asian trilateral summit
A top U.S. diplomat expressed hope Friday that an upcoming meeting of the foreign ministers of Japan, South Korea and China could lead to their first trilateral summit despite icy relations in the region.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2015
High-ranking official to attend Takeshima Day ceremony
The government is sending a high-ranking official to the ceremony this Sunday commemorating the day of Japan's incorporation of the Takeshima islets, despite the organizer's request for a Cabinet member.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
Komeito urges Abe to retain remorse for 'aggression' in WWII statement
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II should retain wording from past apologies, according to a high-ranking Komeito official.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
How two small rocks stop Japan and South Korea from getting along
They were once a source of fortune for Japanese fishermen hunting sea lions and abalone, but now the pair of remote rocks in the Sea of Japan are preventing Japan and South Korea from getting along.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2015
Korean court rejects Sankei journalist's petition to lift travel ban
A court in Seoul on Friday rejected a petition by a Japanese newspaper journalist accused of defaming South Korea's president that demanded he be allowed to leave the country, informed sources said.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 6, 2015
East Asia foreign minister talks set for Seoul in March
Japan, China and South Korea are planning to hold a foreign ministerial meeting in late March in Seoul, Japanese government sources said on Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2015
South Koreans react online to Japanese character traits demonstrated in hostage crisis
Internet users in South Korea are reacting to Japan's national character represented by muted anger, masochistic apologies and gratitude for others after the Islamic State group released a video showing what appears to be the corpse of hostage Haruna Yukawa, according to a local media report.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2015
South Korea protests Takeshima status in Japanese defense paper
South Korea on Wednesday lodged a protest over Japan's distribution of a Korean-language version of its defense white paper depicting the South Korean islets of Dokdo as Japanese territory, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2015
Abe could ease doubts by apologizing over WWII, says former leader Fukuda
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could help remove international doubts about Japan's stance toward its wartime past by apologizing over World War II in a statement he is planning to help mark the 70th anniversary of the war's end, said Yasuo Fukuda, one of Abe's predecessors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 20, 2015
Abe using overseas trips to test waters in preparation for WWII 70th anniversary statement
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is promoting Japan as a postwar peace-builder as he tests the waters for a statement marking the 70th anniversary of its World War II defeat that risks irritating China and South Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 16, 2015
Abe, Park hope to repair Japan-South Korea ties on 50th anniversary
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have indirectly sent each other messages expressing hope for repairing strained bilateral relations this year, a Japanese lawmaker said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 15, 2015
Key LDP lawmaker, Seoul counterpart push for Abe-Park summit by June 22
A senior Liberal Democratic Party politician and his South Korean counterpart on Wednesday agreed to make efforts to arrange a meeting between the countries' leaders by June 22.

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