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Former Liberal Democratic Party President Yohei Kono, who had also served as Lower House speaker, during an interview in Tokyo in 2015. Kono was known as a dove in the party, and staunchly opposed revising the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 11, 2026
Late LDP dove Yohei Kono widely known for landmark apology over ¡®comfort women¡¯
As chief cabinet secretary in 1993, he issued a statement expressing Â鶹´«Ã½ ¡°sincere apologies and remorse,¡± which sparked a domestic and international controversy.
Yohei Kono (center), head of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade, shares a light moment with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, as they head to a meeting in Beijing in July 2023.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2026
Former Lower House speaker Yohei Kono dies at 89
Kono was a leading dove within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and championed stable ties with neighbors of Japan, including China and South Korea.
A statue symbolizing former South Korean comfort women in Seoul
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2026
New Zealand officials reject statue remembering Â鶹´«Ã½ comfort women
Thousands of women from Korea, China and southeast Asia are believed to have been forced or coerced into Â鶹´«Ã½ wartime brothel system from 1932 until 1945.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands at joint press announcement after summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2025
At meeting rich in symbolism, Ishiba and South Korea¡¯s Lee agree to steadily build ties
In the two countries¡¯ first joint document in 17 years, the leaders agreed to work together ¡°to advance future-oriented and mutually beneficial common interests.¡±
Anti-Yoon protesters hold up placards reading "Let's build a democratic government!" during a rally in Seoul on Friday after South Korea's Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2025
Yoon¡¯s ouster prompts Japanese concerns about ties with South Korea
Japan is worried that Yoon¡¯s removal from power will undo the improvements in bilateral relations made under his administration.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba responds to questions from the press corps at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2024
Martial law turmoil will likely affect Japan-South Korea ties
Some Japanese government officials are struggling to understand President Yoon Suk Yeol¡¯s intention,?saying?the martial law issuance was surprising and unexpected.
Former South Korean "comfort woman" Lee Yong-soo with a statue symbolizing "comfort women" at the Seoul Comfort Women Memorial
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 9, 2023
No appeal by Japan after ¡®comfort women¡¯ ruling: South Korea
The ruling ordered Tokyo to pay around 200 million won ($152,000) to each of the Korean complainants.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2023
Kamikawa conveys ¡®comfort women¡¯ stance to South Korean envoy
Kamikawa urged Seoul to ¡°immediately take appropriate measures¡± to rectify the situation.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2023
Japan, South Korea and China seek leaders¡¯ summit at ¡®earliest¡¯ time
The talks were seen as a steppingstone toward reviving the three-way summit, but progress on hammering out a specific date appeared elusive.
A Filipino woman looks at pictures of fellow wartime survivors of sexual servitude at a resource center, in Quezon city, Manila, in August 2015.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 25, 2023
For Filipino wartime rape survivors, a last hope for reparations
For the few remaining elderly survivors, the reparations demand issued by a U.N. committee earlier this year is realistically their last hope.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2023
South Korean president¡¯s office defends his viral Japan comments
South Korea¡¯s Yoon Suk-yeol was in hot water after comments he made about former colonial power Japan not needing to ¡®kneel down¡¯ to improve ties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 6, 2023
Japan-South Korea talks fail to inspire hope of breakthrough
Senior diplomats from Japan and South Korea make limited progress in wartime labor talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 15, 2022
Japanese photographer blows whistle on treatment of ¡®comfort women¡¯
The 51-year-old photographer from Japan finds himself at the center of a current scandal about the treatment of the women, more than three-quarters of a century after the end of WWII.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 19, 2022
Kishida meets top South Korean diplomat, but improved ties remain elusive
Despite strained ties in recent years, Park Jin¡¯s visit offered a rare chance for Tokyo and Seoul to make headway on the wartime labor issue.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2022
A new president, a new opportunity for Japan-South Korea relations
Signs are encouraging for Tokyo. Throughout the presidential campaign, Yoon Suk-yeol criticized sitting President Moon Jae-in for letting Japan-South Korea relations deteriorate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 17, 2021
The media and the authorities misinterpret the spirit of protest
Media coverage alludes to the possibility of Olympics protests turning violent, but what happens when protests in Japan actually turn violent?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2021
South Korea¡¯s ¡®comfort women¡¯ face life¡¯s end as political fight rages on
The few remaining say they are facing the twilight of their lives with diminished camaraderie and will to fight.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 22, 2021
Despite ¡®comfort women¡¯ ruling, Tokyo-Seoul relations expected to remain tense
A South Korean court¡¯s reversal on a previous ¡°comfort women¡± ruling may be seen as a win for Japan, but Tokyo is not celebrating just yet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2021
South Korea hints it may strengthen military ties with Japan
The South Korean defense minister¡¯s comments come after a visit by top Biden officials and as the two U.S. allies work to boost regional security against threats such as North Korea.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2020
Moon Jae-in to focus on victims in ¡®comfort women¡¯ row with Japan
South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed Friday to spotlight the plight of South Korea¡¯s last few surviving ¡°comfort women,¡± who suffered under Â鶹´«Ã½ military brothel system before and during World War II, in efforts to resolve a dispute with its neighbor over the thorny issue.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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