The front-runner in South Korea’s presidential election says he's not hostile toward Japan, as he continues to play down his earlier hard-line views on his country’s tumultuous relationship with its neighbor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/21/japan/politics/lee-jae-myung-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #wartimelabor #history #wwii #leejaemyung #yoonsukyeol

https://www.alojapan.com/1278943/south-korean-presidential-front-runner-says-hes-not-hostile-toward-japan/ South Korean presidential front-runner says he’s not hostile toward Japan #history #Japan #JapanNews #LeeJaeMyung #news #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #WartimeLabor #wwii #YoonSukYeol Lee Jae-myung, the front-runner in South Korea’s June 3 presidential election, is continuing to play down his earlier hard-line views on his country’s tumultuous relationship with Japan, with the Democratic Party (DP) candidate hinting that he would…

https://www.europesays.com/2031511/ Aide to South Korean candidate suggests review of wartime labor solution #LeeJaeMyung #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #WartimeLabor #WiSungLac #WWII #YoonSukYeol

https://www.alojapan.com/1259082/aide-to-south-korean-candidate-suggests-review-of-wartime-labor-solution/ Aide to South Korean candidate suggests review of wartime labor solution #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #LeeJaeMyung #news #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #WartimeLabor #WiSungLac #wwii #YoonSukYeol Seoul – Wi Sung-lac, a South Korean lawmaker who advises presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on diplomacy, has offered the view that the solution offered by the country’s previous administration to resolve the wartime labor issue with Japan needs to be…

Wi Sung-lac, diplomatic advisor to South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, suggested that the approach to the wartime labor issue with Japan should be reviewed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/27/japan/politics/south-korea-japan-wartime-labor-solution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #wartimelabor #wwii #yoonsukyeol #wisunglac #leejaemyung

Japan is worried that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from power will undo the improvements in bilateral relations made under his administration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/05/japan/politics/yoon-south-korea-japan-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #yoonsukyeol #wwii #history #comfortwomen #wartimelabor #leejaemyung

https://www.alojapan.com/1238053/yoons-ouster-prompts-japanese-concerns-about-ties-with-south-korea/ Yoon’s ouster prompts Japanese concerns about ties with South Korea #ComfortWomen #history #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #LeeJaeMyung #news #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #WartimeLabor #wwii #YoonSukYeol Japan is worried that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s removal from power will undo the improvements in bilateral relations made under his administration. The importance of the relations between the East Asian n…

https://www.alojapan.com/1224982/south-korean-lawmakers-to-visit-osaka-expo/ South Korean lawmakers to visit Osaka Expo #2025OsakaExpo #DonaldTrump #Osaka #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #VisitJapan #WartimeLabor Seoul – A delegation of South Korean lawmakers will visit Japan for the Osaka Expo as this year marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral diplomatic relations, lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun has said. In a recent interview, Lee said he will encourage South Koreans to visit Japan for the exp…

A delegation of South Korean lawmakers will visit Japan for the Osaka Expo as this year marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral diplomatic relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/japan/politics/south-korea-visit-expo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #osaka #wartimelabor #2025osakaexpo #southkoreajapanrelations #donaldtrump

A local civic group will again attempt to locate the remains of 183 people in an underwater coal mine that was flooded in an accident more than 80 years ago in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/27/japan/survey-undersea-mine-accident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yamaguchi #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #mining #wwii #wartimelabor #choseicoalmine #ube

North Korea sent directives to a secret organization formed by a former executive of South Korea's largest labor union, ordering it to incite anti-Japanese sentiment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/14/japan/north-korea-anti-japan-sentiment-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #northkoreajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #fukushimano1 #wartimelabor

A ceremony was held for the first time on Sunday to remember all those who worked at the now-defunct gold mines on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, including those from the Korean Peninsula. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/24/japan/first-ceremony-sado-gold-mine-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #niigata #southkorea #unesco #worldheritage #sado #wartimelabor #southkoreajapanrelations

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee unanimously decided Saturday to register the Sado Island Gold Mines — which are associated wartime forced labor — as a World Cultural Heritage site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/27/japan/history/unesco-sado-gold-mine-japan-south-korea/ #japan #history #niigata #southkorea #unesco #worldheritage #sado #wartimelabor #southkoreajapanrelations #wwii #history

Financial claims against Japanese companies by World War II-era Korean laborers are still overshadowing relations between Japan and South Korea despite progress made a year ago toward stabilizing ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/17/japan/japan-south-korea-ties-wartime-labor/ #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #wwii #wartimelabor

Japan and South Korea agreed on Wednesday to keep working together to address issues related to North Korea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/22/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-foreign-ministers-meet/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #yokokamikawa #chotaeyul #northkorea #wartimelabor

A South Korean who won a wartime labor case against Japanese firm Hitachi Zosen received money deposited by the firm at a Seoul court on Tuesday, a lawyer said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/20/japan/south-korea-wartime-labor-funds/ #japan #southkorea #wartimelabor #southkoreajapanrelations

South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to South Koreans for wartime labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/25/japan/south-korea-wartime-labor-ruling/?utm_content=bufferaf338&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #wartimelabor #nachifujikoshi

South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower court decisions ordering Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel to pay damages to South Koreans over wartime labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/12/japan/crime-legal/south-korea-court-upholds-wartime-labor-ruling/?utm_content=buffer6352b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #wartimelabor #nipponsteel

South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld decisions by lower courts ordering Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to pay damages to South Koreans for wartime labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/21/japan/crime-legal/south-korea-japan-wartime-labor-ruling/?utm_content=buffer6ba57&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #wartimelabor #nipponsteel #mitsubishiheavyindustries #yoshimasahayashi

In a first, a South Korean government-backed foundation has paid compensation to one of the three surviving Korean plaintiffs who won lawsuits over wartime forced labor during Japan's colonial rule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/26/national/south-korea-war-labor-victim-compensation/?utm_content=bufferd54d5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #southkorea #wartimelabor #southkoreajapanrelations