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SOUTH KOREA JAPAN RELATIONS

JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2015
Japan urges 'no preconditions' in S. Korea summit
Senior officials have urged South Korea to attach no preconditions to a potential summit with Japan, citing the "comfort women" issue as a potential stumbling block.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2015
Under new pact, fewer S. Korean fishing boats to operate in Japan EEZ
Tokyo and Seoul agree to cut the number of South Korean longline fishing boats approved to operate within Japan's economic waters by 20 percent over the next five years.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2015
Park open to 'meaningful' summit with Abe
President Park Geun-hye says she is open to a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, so long as it's 'meaningful.'
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2015
Suga downplays U.S. comments on upcoming WWII statement
The Liberal Democratic Party will step up efforts this year to revise the Constitution, a long-cherished goal of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 3, 2015
Government may start working on 70th WWII anniversary statement from March
The government is moving to set up a panel of experts toward crafting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in August, sources close to the matter said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 2, 2015
All eyes on Abe for war's 70th anniversary
As the 70th anniversary of the war looms, the world will be waiting to see how the Japanese government chooses to remember its misdeeds, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement under the microscope.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2014
Japan, South Korea plan vice ministerial talks in Seoul next week
Japan and South Korea are making final arrangements to hold vice minister-level talks in Seoul this week, sources close to Japan-South Korea relations said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 22, 2014
Japan, South Korea, U.S. eye agreement to share info on North Korea
Japan, South Korea and the United States are close to finalizing a memorandum of understanding on sharing and safeguarding sensitive information on defense matters such as North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2014
Record number of Japanese hostile toward China and S. Korea: Cabinet Office poll
The number of Japanese who feel unfriendly toward China and South Korea surges to an all-time high in a newly released Cabinet Office survey.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2014
Ruling bloc execs plan fence-mending visits to China, South Korea
Executives from the ruling coalition, including the secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, plan to travel to China and South Korea next year in a bid to improve ties, coalition lawmakers said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2014
South Korean food safety inspectors arrive to check radiation protocols
South Korean food quality inspectors arrived in Japan on Monday to verify radiation inspection procedures for seafood.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Dec 14, 2014
Readers' letters: Hague abduction pamphlets, East Asia ties, temping teachers and learning English
Some emails received in response to recent Community articles.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 13, 2014
Obama prodded Abe last month to improve ties with Seoul
President Barack Obama pressed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last month to improve ties with South Korea, sources familiar with U.S.-Japan relations said Friday, reflecting Washington's dissatisfaction with the tepid progress in reconciliation.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2014
IKEA to stop selling 'Sea of Japan' map next year after drawing fire in South Korea
Furniture giant IKEA says it will stop selling a map that refers to the Sea of Japan but not the East Sea ahead of its South Korea showroom debut.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2014
Japan's attitude toward history hurting summit prospects, Park tells bilateral business confab
South Korean President Park Geun-hye told a meeting of Japanese and South Korean business leaders that Japan needs to make more efforts to address differing views of its wartime actions before a bilateral summit can be held.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2014
Keidanren chief hopes to help mend ties with South Korea
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara hopes to help improve strained relations with South Korea through increased economic cooperation, he said Monday ahead his planned meeting with the Korean president.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 28, 2014
Keidanren chief to meet South Korean leader Park on Monday: source
Keidanren Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara will meet with South Korean President Park Geun Hye in Seoul on Monday, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 12, 2014
Foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea to hold talks by end of year
Japan, China and South Korea have agreed that their foreign ministers will hold talks in Seoul by the end of the year, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2014
Korean court orders Toyama munitions firm to compensate women tricked into wartime labor
A South Korean court orders former arms maker Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate all of the Korean women it forced to work in Japan during the war.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2014
Japan Communist Party leader to visit South Korea, urge regional peace treaty
The Japanese Communist Party said its leader will visit South Korea starting Friday in a bid to improve relations between the two countries, which have soured over a territorial dispute and differing perceptions of wartime history.

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