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Japan and South Korea have reportedly agreed to extend their $10 billion currency swap arrangement for another three years, preserving a source of U.S. dollars that either state can draw on during a financial emergency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/16/economy/japan-south-korea-currency-swap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #southkorea #currencies #southkoreajapanrelations #satsukikatayama

https://www.alojapan.com/1547470/ground-self-defense-force-chief-makes-first-visit-to-south-korea-in-17-years/ Ground Self-Defense Force chief makes first visit to South Korea in 17 years #GSDF #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #VisitJapan Tokyo – Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force chief of staff, Gen. Masayoshi Arai, has visited South Korea, marking the first visit by a GSDF chief in 17 years, according to Japan’s Ground Staff Office. During the two-day visit from Tuesday to Wednesday, made at the invitation of Seoul, Arai met with Kim Gyu-ha, chief of staff

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force chief of staff, Gen. Masayoshi Arai, has visited South Korea, marking the first visit by a GSDF chief in 17 years, according to Japan's Ground Staff Office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/01/japan/japan-gsdf-chief-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #gsdf

Public outcry surrounding a South Korean actor's great-grandfather has exposed an unsettled question of how the nation should reckon with collaborators during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/24/japan/politics/projapanese-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #wwii #leejaemyung #hayoung

The top diplomats of Japan, South Korea and the U.S. have expressed support for Taiwan during a meeting just days before a highly anticipated U.S.-China leaders' summit in Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/22/japan/politics/us-japan-south-korea-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #us #usjapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #taiwan #china #donaldtrump #xijinping #marcorubio #toshimitsumotegi

https://www.europesays.com/3265363/ Japan, U.S. and South Korea back Taiwan at trilateral meeting #China #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #SecretaryOfState #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #Taiwan #ToshimitsuMotegi #US #USJAPANRELATIONS #XiJinping

South Korea will not send officials to a memorial service at the Sado Island Gold Mines, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in Niigata Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/09/japan/south-korea-sado-mine-service/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #wwii #sadoisland #niigata #history #southkorea

Former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has stressed the importance of strengthening Japan-South Korea relations in a meeting with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik in Seoul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/09/japan/politics/ishiba-need-japan-south-korea-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #us

Japan's recent drive to sell more weapons abroad will bring its defense companies into markets South Korea has spent decades cultivating. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/06/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-defense-export/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #defense #southkoreajapanrelations #australia #indonesia #philippines #china #sanaetakaichi

SK Hynix is studying the feasibility of a joint venture to make memory chips in Japan, one of several options under consideration to meet surging AI demand while controlling production costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/companies/sk-hynix-joint-venture-feasibility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #skhynix #kioxia #ai #chipmakers #tech #us #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea

Business leaders from Japan and South Korea on Sunday launched a bilateral exchange committee to address falling birth rates and population decline, challenges common to both countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/economy/japan-south-korea-low-birthrate-panel-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #depopulation #children #sendai #miyagi

https://www.alojapan.com/1531564/72-year-old-man-arrested-for-overstaying-15-day-tourist-visa-by-26-years/ 72-year-old man arrested for overstaying 15-day tourist visa by 26 years #expats #immigration #JapanTravel #JapanesePolice #Shizuoka #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #travel #visas #Yaizu #ZAINICHI A 72-year-old South Korean man has been arrested for allegedly overstaying his visa in Japan for more than 26 years after a tip was received in June, Shizuoka Prefectural Police said Thursday. The man came to Japan using his brother’s passport

A Japanese civic group is leading efforts to collect the remains of those who died in the 1942 flooding accident at the Chosei undersea coal mine in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/23/japan/japan-undersea-mine-remains-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yamaguchi #wwii #southkoreajapanrelations

South Korea's president called for deeper ties with Japan in his Liberation Day address on Saturday, stressing the importance of bilateral cooperation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/15/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-liberation-day-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #wwii #history #leejaemyung

South Korean Ambassador to Japan Lee Hyuk has described closer ties with Japan as an "imperative of the era" in view of how much both sides have in common in terms of the security situation they face. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/13/japan/politics/south-korea-ambassador-japan-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #leejaemyung #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to skip a visit to Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, the anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/12/japan/takaichi-yasukuni-visit-unlikely/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #leejaemyung

Tokyo has protested against a South Korean maritime research vessel's activities near the disputed Takeshima islets in the Sea of Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/08/japan/politics/japan-protests-takeshima-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #takeshima #disputedislands

The South Korean Navy has said that it conducted a defense exercise for a group of islets in the Sea of Japan claimed by Tokyo but effectively controlled by Seoul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/japan/politics/south-korea-defense-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #defense #disputedislands #takeshima

Has the recent improvement in Tokyo and Seoul's bilateral ties become durable, or is it still vulnerable to the historical and political disputes that have repeatedly pulled the relationship backwards? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/06/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-relationship-dynamic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #sanaetakaichi #leejaemyung

https://www.alojapan.com/1520580/have-tokyo-and-seoul-overcome-their-on-again-off-again-dynamics/ Have Tokyo and Seoul overcome their on-again, off-again dynamics? #LeeJaeMyung #news #SanaeTakaichi #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 This week offered two starkly different snapshots of Japan-South Korea relations. An annual joint poll found public attitudes toward each other improving in both countries. Two days later, Seoul lodged a formal protest after Tokyo’s latest defense white paper reaffirmed the countr

https://www.europesays.com/3177125/ Have Tokyo and Seoul overcome their on-again, off-again dynamics? #LeeJaeMyung #SanaeTakaichi #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations

The proportion of people in South Korea who have a good impression of Japan rose 1.9 percentage points to 54.3% in 2026 from the previous year, a survey by South Korean think tank the East Asia Institute shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/04/japan/south-korea-survey-good-impression-japan-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #surveys

Young South Koreans are looking for jobs in Japan amid a struggle to find work at home​. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/03/companies/south-koreans-jobs-in-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #southkoreajapanrelations #jobs #students

https://www.alojapan.com/1519361/young-south-koreans-look-for-jobs-in-japan-as-they-struggle-to-find-work-at-home/ Young South Koreans look for jobs in Japan as they struggle to find work at home​ #Japan #JapanNews #jobs #news #SouthKoreaJapanRelations #Students SEOUL/TOKYO – When Japanese entrepreneur Moe Kasugai was a student at Seoul’s Yonsei University, she was struck by how some of the prestigious South Korean college’s brightest graduates struggled to land a job. So in 2019 she launched a service to connect Korean job seekers with Japanese employers

Concluding that progress was not sufficient, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee developed a draft recommendation that urges Japan to reform exhibits at gold mines on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/16/japan/unesco-sado-gold-mines-exhibit-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #unesco #worldheritage #southkoreajapanrelations #wwii #sadoisland #niigata #history

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi was set to hold talks with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul on Sunday in a sign of the neighbors' vastly improved ties in the defense area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/28/japan/politics/shiinjiro-koizumi-japan-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shiinjirokoizumi #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #defense #defenseministry

Japan and South Korea have become better at preventing their ties from fraying in recent years but have been less successful at turning stability into concrete gains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/22/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-thaw/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #leejaemyung #southkorea #sanaetakaichi #southkoreajapanrelations

Japanese and South Korean defense authorities are considering making Japanese refueling support for South Korean military aircraft a regular arrangement, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/18/japan/japan-south-korea-refueling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #shinjirokoizumi #sdf #defense

Japan and South Korea's navies have held their first joint training in nearly nine years, in a move Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi hailed as signaling "a new chapter" in bilateral defense cooperation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/japan-south-korea-navy-drills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #msdf #sdf #defense #shinjirokoizumi

https://www.alojapan.com/1495780/japanese-and-south-korean-navies-hold-first-joint-drills-in-nine-years/ Japanese and South Korean navies hold first joint drills in nine years #defense #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #MSDF #news #SDF #ShinjiroKoizumi #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaJapanRelations Japan and South Korea’s navies have held their first joint training in nearly nine years, the Maritime Self-Defense Force announced Monday, in a move Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi hailed as signaling “a new chapter” in bilateral defense cooperation

South Korea's sovereign wealth fund will open its first office in Tokyo this summer as it seeks to expand investments in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/04/korea-investment-tokyo-office/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #koreainvestment #investments #tokyo

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is eyeing a deal with South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung on a framework for the joint stockpiling of crude oil with Southeast Asian nations during her visit to his hometown of Andong. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/19/japan/takaichi-lee-japan-south-korea-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #leejaemyung #sanaetakaichi #iran #oil #middleeast #china #donaldtrump #us

A South Korean presidential spokesperson said that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be welcomed with treatment equivalent to that for a state guest during her two-day visit to the country from Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/17/japan/politics/south-korea-hosts-prime-minister-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #leejaemyung #southkoreajapanrelations

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit South Korea for two days from Tuesday to hold a summit meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for better bilateral ties, the Japanese government said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/politics/takaichi-south-korea-president-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #leejaemyung #iran #us #china

Japan and South Korea held their first vice ministerial security talks in Seoul on Thursday, reaffirming the importance of bilateral ties and trilateral cooperation with the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/08/japan/japan-south-korea-security-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #defense #us

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is planning to visit South Korea in late June to hold talks with his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/30/japan/koizumi-south-korea-defense-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkoreajapanrelations #shinjirokoizumi #ahngyuback

South Korea's Ambassador to Japan Lee Hyuk emphasized the need for stable security cooperation between the two East Asian neighbors amid an increasingly uncertain international situation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/japan/politics/south-korea-ambassador-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #leehyuk