SEOUL, Sept. 6 (UPI) --Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan arrived in Seoul on Friday as he looks to give a final boost to improved bilateral ties before stepping down from office later this month.

In the longer term, South Korea-Japan relations could experience bigger changes if liberals in South Korea win back the country’s presidency after Yoon ends his single five-year term in 2027.

That betrays a narrow understanding of statecraft in general and the Japan-South Korea relationship in particular. The two men’s final meeting is both an opportunity to review the achievements ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called on Friday at a summit in Seoul to keep ...

The rejuvenated relationship between South Korea and Japan, crucial for trilateral US–South Korea–Japan security cooperation, rests upon a wobbly foundation of contentious historical grievances.

Japan and South Korea are two key players and the only two developed countries in the region, making their bilateral ...

As South Korea developed, the power dynamics also shifted. Young South Koreans, who came of age in a rich country, have no ...

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Japan believes that the positive progress in its relations with South Korea, driven by their leaders, will continue even after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's term in ...

Seoul and Tokyo normalized their diplomatic relations in 1965, but lingering historical disputes stemming from Japan's colonial occupation of South Korea from 1910 to 1945 strained their ties in ...

Fifty years after the establishment of official diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea, continued animosity between the United States' two Northeast Asian allies remains a problem for ...

There is an old Russian proverb that applies to current Japan-South Korea (ROK) relations: "Forget the past and lose an eye; dwell on the past and lose both eyes!" The Japanese, it would appear ...