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Japan-South Korea relations
APEC Summit: Will It Matter for Northeast Asia?
By Clint Richards
The region’s shifting realities require more than handshakes and photo opportunities.
Japan’s Chances at APEC Summit
By Clint Richards
How successful will Abe be in meeting with his three big targets at the summit?
Japan Denied Revision of UN Comfort Women Report
By Ankit Panda
The Japanese government's request to amend a 1996 U.N. special rapporteur's report on comfort women was denied.
Japan and Its Neighbors: Shinzo Abe's Northeast Asia Diplomacy
By Shannon Tiezzi
A look at Japan's active foreign policy in Northeast Asia.
Stumbling Blocks to Japan-South Korea Ties
By Clint Richards
Low-level, non-vital issues continue to hold meaningful dialogue just out of reach.
Northeast Asia Diplomacy: A Trilateral Way Forward?
By J. Berkshire Miller
A trilateral approach to China, Japan and South Korea relations may be able to do what bilateral negotiations cannot.
How Japan is Managing its Korean Peninsula Charm Offensive
By Clint Richards
While talks with Pyongyang struggle, Abe is full steam ahead in his pursuit of a meeting with Park.
Promise and Potential Peril: Japan’s Military Normalization
By Paul J. Leaf
To play a productive role in a tense neighborhood, Tokyo needs to look beyond constitutional interpretations.
Dokdo and South Korean National Identity
By Patrick Flamm
Bringing the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute to the ICJ will need a change of national identity narrative in South Korea.
Pope Francis Meets Korean ‘Comfort Women’
By Shannon Tiezzi
On his last day in South Korea, the pope greeted Korean "comfort women."
Possible Thaw in Chilly South Korean-Japanese Relations
By Clint Richards
Tokyo is moving on several fronts as it seeks to smooth over last month’s Kono Statement review.
Bilateral Talks Show Where Northeast Asian Leverage Lies
By Clint Richards
Talks show that Japan has created an interesting, if short-term window of opportunity.