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Japan wants stronger defenses against North Korea, but will citizens pay for it?
Despite wide support for new security plans, public resistance to new taxes threatens to leave them dead in the water
Why South Korea’s left is sounding alarm about a Japan-North Korea summit
Some pundits see devious designs in Kishida’s recent offer of talks, revealing beliefs that shape ROK political debate
Evaluating the troubled legacy of Japan’s first summit with North Korea
Tokyo secured historic if fleeting breakthrough in Pyongyang 20 years ago, only for it to be derailed by public opinion
Seoul avoids diplomatic disaster in forced labor dispute with Japan — for now
Supreme Court could still order Japanese firm to pay reparations, a move that would incite cycle of mutual retaliation
Yoon wants to get tough on North Korea but lacks options to be true hardliner
Inter-Korean economic exchanges ended years ago, leaving few ways to apply pressure beyond more hawkish rhetoric
South Korea seeks reset with Japan. But does Tokyo want one too?
Yoon administration wants to shore up relations with largest democracy and US ally in region, but Japan has trust issues
Was Yoon Suk-yeol’s trip to NATO Summit a success? It depends who you ask.
South Korea’s polarized media offer conflicting takes on president's first trip abroad, with attention focused on Japan
Yoon spurns balancing between US and China with foreign policy picks
Many appointees to key posts specialize in US relations as new president seeks closer alignment with Washington
An age of economic technocrats arrives in South Korea
Yoon Suk-yeol has picked experienced officials for top posts, boding well for policy but raising risk of groupthink
Why Kishida is unlikely to improve Japan’s ties with the two Koreas
New Japanese prime minister unlikely to break through Tokyo's disillusionment with Seoul and disinterest in Pyongyang
