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YOON SUK YEOL

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
Seoul proposes 4.6% hike in defense spending for 2023
Proposal includes funding to bolster deterrence, strengthen South Korea's defense industry, increase soldier pay and improve counterattack capability.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2022
South Korean top court postpones decision on wartime labor asset liquidation
Japanese and South Korean government officials now have more time to resolve the issue, which has sent ties plunging to fresh lows.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 19, 2022
Verdict of South Korea's top court on wartime labor to shape Seoul-Tokyo ties
If the court decides to uphold its previous ruling on compensation for forced labor, assets held by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries inside South Korea will be liquidated.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2022
Kim Jong Un’s sister tells South Korea to ‘stop dreaming’ of talks
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's aid proposal was 'as stupid as trying to dry the dark blue ocean and turn it into a mulberry field,” Kim Yo Jong said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2022
Japan, South Korea and U.S. hold first trilateral missile defense drills since 2017
The three countries' navies held the drill from Aug. 8 through Sunday off the coast of Hawaii, with the participants sharing “tactical data link information.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2022
Yoon reiterates resolve to improve South Korea-Japan ties
In an address, Yoon did not touch on pending bilateral problems, such as the issue of the use of Koreans workers by Japanese companies during World War II.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 4, 2022
How will Yoon’s low approval ratings affect South Korea’s foreign policy?
The poor approval ratings have created concern that Yoon's domestic headwinds could have a knock-on effect on foreign policy, including any bid to repair ties with Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2022
South Korea's plan to lower school age stokes anger at president
The incident is the latest in a series of dust-ups from Yoon, a prosecutor-turned politician, that include plans released in late July to shake up the nation's police.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2022
Honeymoon over for South Korea's Yoon as police feud adds to woes
Just two months into his term, Yoon was already struggling with surging inflation, rising COVID-19 cases and historically low approval numbers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 26, 2022
South Korea doubles down on risky ‘Kill Chain’ plans to counter North's nuclear threat
Seoul is pouring resources into preparing for preemptive strikes if necessary, a strategy some experts say may exacerbate their arms race and risks miscalculation during a conflict.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 23, 2022
South Korea restores military drills once reduced to help Trump
The allies will return to practicing war scenarios in person, replacing training over the past three years that used computerized command-and-control simulations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 19, 2022
Janet Yellen touts ‘friend-shoring’ as global supply chain fix
Yellen called on 'trusted” U.S. allies to strengthen trade relationships disrupted by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and threatened longer term by a reliance on China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2022
A visit that could soothe Tokyo’s suspicions of Seoul
The visit to Japan by South Korea's foreign minister, Park Jin, could be the most consequential of the Yoon presidency.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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