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Former Japan PM Ishiba's visit to South Korea

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a keynote speech at a symposium hosted by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, South Korea, on April 8, 2026. He noted the importance of strengthening cooperation between Japan, the United States and South Korea to deal with North Korea.

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CHAGE & ASKA concert in 2000 in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea, April 14 Kyodo - Japanese fans pose for a photo at a gymnasium at the Olympic Park in Seoul on Aug. 26, 2000, ahead of a two-day live music concert by Japanese popular duo CHAGE & ASKA starting there later in the day.

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Korean plaintiffs in wartime labor suit

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 29 Kyodo - Plaintiffs in a damages suit involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II are seen ahead of their visit to South Korea's Supreme Court in Seoul to hear a ruling on the case on Nov.29, 2018.

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Japan rejects new S. Korean policy on "comfort women" deal

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 10 Kyodo - A Person (L) walks by a statue symbolizing so-called "comfort women" in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 9, 2018. Tokyo and Seoul have been at odds over a 2015 settlement of the issue related to women who were forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels.

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Fujita Kanko to open hotel in Seoul in 2018

TOKYO, Japan - Image of a hotel that Japan's Fujita Kanko Inc. plans to open in Seoul, South Korea, in the summer of 2018 is seen in an undated photo. The company announced the plan on Dec. 15, 2014. It will be the firm's first directly managed hotel in Asia.

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U.S. senior diplomat Kim meets with reporters in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sung Kim (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, after meeting with Junichi Ihara, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau. Kim visited Tokyo after meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, South Korea.

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Japan, U.S. senior diplomats meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Ihara (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shakes hands with Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, on Dec. 8, 2014, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. Kim visited Tokyo after meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, South Korea. (Pool photo)

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Overseas ballot starts at Japan's diplomatic missions

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese expats go through voting procedures for the Dec. 14 general election at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 3, 2014, following the opening of overseas ballots for those living abroad at 214 diplomatic missions around the world. Official campaigning for the House of Representatives race started on Dec. 2.

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Japan, S. Korea business leaders meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the Japan Business Federation and the Federation of Korean Industries hold a meeting for the first time in seven years in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2014. Japanese delegates, including Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (2nd from L on the front row), are also scheduled to meet with South Korean President Park Geun Hye later in the day.

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Japan, S. Korea top business lobbies meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (L) and Federation of Korean Industries Chairman Huh Chang Soo attend the top business lobbies' first meeting in seven years on Dec. 1, 2014, in Seoul, South Korea, to exchange views on a range of economic issues.

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Groundbreaking ceremony for resort facilities in Incheon

SEOUL, South Korea - A groundbreaking ceremony is held for integrated resort and casino facilities of South Korea's Paradise Co. and Japan's Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. in Incheon, South Korea, on Nov. 20, 2014. The massive facilities, including an expansion of Paradise Casino near Incheon International Airport, are expected to open in the first half of 2017.

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Police guard of Japan Embassy in Seoul wins speech contest

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken on Nov. 16, 2014 shows policemen guarding the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. Han Sung Ho, who works as a conscripted policeman there, won a Japanese speech contest on Nov. 15 after talking about the importance of and his pride in his job.

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Japan, S. Korea hold cooperation panel meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Hideo Watanabe (standing), former Japanese posts and telecommunications minister, addresses a joint meeting of bilateral cooperation committees in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman, one of the plaintiffs filing a lawsuit against Japan's Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2014, after the Seoul Central District Court ordered Fujikoshi to pay compensation ranging from 80 million to 100 million won (about $76,000-$95,000) each. Thirteen victims of forced labor and the relatives of four now-deceased victims have claimed they were deceived into going to study in Japan's Toyama City, where the company is based, and forced to perform hard labor without sufficient food and sleep during the World War II.

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Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman, one of the plaintiffs filing a lawsuit against Japan's Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2014, after the Seoul Central District Court ordered Fujikoshi to pay compensation ranging from 80 million to 100 million won (about $76,000-$95,000) each. Thirteen victims of forced labor and the relatives of four now-deceased victims have claimed they were deceived into going to study in Japan's Toyama City, where the company is based, and forced to perform hard labor without sufficient food and sleep during the World War II.

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Japan's ex-finance chief to meet with S. Korean Pres. Park

SEOUL, South Koare - Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga arrives at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 24, 2014. During a meeting with President Park Geun Hye, Nukaga, head of a South Korea-Japan parliamentarian group, is expected to convey Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's message that he wants to improve ties with Seoul.

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Japan's top security official arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Shotaro Yachi, Japan's national security adviser to the Cabinet, arrives at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 21, 2014, for a two-day visit to discuss a wide range of issues concerning security and bilateral relations with top South Korean officials.

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Japanese comic exhibition opens in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A child poses for photos in front of character figure from popular Japanese manga series "One Piece" at an exhibition at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul on July 26, 2014, after it opened to the public. Initially scheduled to start July 12, the show was put on hold when the memorial canceled a contract renting exhibition space to the organizers, citing a drawing in the original comic series resembling Japan's Rising Sun flag, which arouses anti-Japanese sentiment in the country due to its history as a military flag.

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Tokyo Gov. Masuzoe meets with S. Korean President Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe meets with the press in Seoul, South Korea, on July 25, 2014, after meeting with South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Bilateral relations have nosedived to the worst level in years over differing views on wartime history and over the ownership of islets in the Sea of Japan.

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S. Koreans protest wartime sex slavery at Japan embassy

SEOUL, South Korea - A large number of people join a rally against Japan's stance on the issue of wartime sex slavery in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on July 23, 2014, amid a new round of bilateral diplomatic talks.

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Japan, S. Korea groups meet press on joint poll

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the Genron NPO, a nonprofit think tank in Japan, and East Asia Institute in South Korea hold a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on July 10, 2014, about findings by their joint opinion poll on the relationship between the two countries.

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Photo exhibit on Japan's wartime atrocities

SEOUL, South Korea - An exhibit of photos allegedly depicting atrocities by the Imperial Japanese Army, is held on the street in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on March 26, 2014.

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S. Korea, Japan hold high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Visiting Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki is surrounded by reporters in Seoul on March 12, 2014, after talks with his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yong. They agreed on the importance of their two governments coordinating on matters relating to North Korea.

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South Koreans also pray for 3/11 disaster victims

SEOUL, South Korea - Buddhist monks and believers gather at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea, on March 12, 2014, to commemorate victims of the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in 2011.

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S. Korea, Japan hold vice ministerial talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Visiting Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yong (R) hold talks at South Korea's Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 12, 2014.

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Antinuclear power rally in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - An antinuclear power rally is held in Seoul, South Korea, on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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S. Korean people protest against Takeshima Day ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea - Some 100 protesters, including children, gather in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2014, to protest against the Takeshima Day ceremony held in Japan the same day. The ceremony was held in the Japanese city of Matsue to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. They demand Japan stop claiming the islets.

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S. Korean man rushes Japan envoy's car

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean man (C) is seized by police after rushing at a car carrying Koro Bessho, the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2014. The man was protesting against Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals. The man was overpowered before he could reach the envoy's vehicle.

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Ex-Japan pilot serving as safety manager at Asiana

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2013, at the headquarters of Asiana Airlines Inc. in Seoul shows Akiyoshi Yamamura, a former All Nippon Airways pilot hired by the South Korean carrier to improve safety standards following July 2013's fatal crash of an Asiana aircraft at San Francisco airport in the United States.

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Protest in S. Korea against Abe's shrine visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Civic group members hold signs against Japan including ones calling for a boycott of Japanese goods during a protest rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2013. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo the previous day.

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S. Korea bans fish from part of Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - An employee checks radiation levels of fish at a fish corner of a market near Seoul Station on Sept. 4, 2013. South Korea said on Sept. 6, 2013, it has banned the import of any fisheries products from eight Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima.

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Fukuoka makers of "karashi mentaiko"

FUKUOKA, Japan - Customers eat "karashi mentaiko" at an outlet of Yamaya Communications Inc. in Seoul, South Korea, on March 18, 2013.

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S. Korea boycott

SEOUL, South Korea - Rally participants throw eggs at a board depicting Japanese products in Seoul, South Korea, on March 1, 2013. The rally by a group of small business owners in South Korea said the boycott is in response to Japan's sending of a central government official for the first time to a local government ceremony commemorating the day that a pair of South Korean-held islets were incorporated into Shimane Prefecture.

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S. Korea boycott

SEOUL, South Korea - A rally is held in Seoul, South Korea, on March 1, 2013, calling for a boycott of Japanese goods. A group of small business owners in South Korea said the boycott is in response to Japan's sending of a central government official for the first time to a local government ceremony commemorating the day that a pair of South Korean-held islets were incorporated into Shimane Prefecture.

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'Thank you' message from Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - A message from the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, expressing gratitude for assistance extended by South Korean people to Japan in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, is printed in the three major dailies in South Korea on March 9, 2012, ahead of the first anniversary two days later of the disaster.

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Firebombs tossed at Japan Embassy in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A police officer stands near a charred outer wall of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2012, after firebombs were tossed at the building by a Chinese man who said his grandmother was a wartime sex slave for the Imperial Japanese military. The 37-year-old man was subdued by police on the spot, and there was no immediate report of any injuries.

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Firebombs tossed at Japan Embassy in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A police officer stands guard near a charred outer wall of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2012, after firebombs were tossed at the facility by a Chinese man who said his grandmother was a wartime sex slave for the Imperial Japanese military. The 37-year-old man was subdued by police on the spot, and there was no immediate report of any injuries.

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Statue dedicated to WWII sex slaves in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2011, shows a statue dedicated to women who were forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese military during World War II, known euphemistically in Japan as ''comfort women,'' in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. People placed clothes on the statue after it was erected on Dec. 14 amid cold weather.

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Japan, China, S. Korea to share disaster info

SEOUL, South Korea - (from L) South Korean Environment Minister Lee Maanee, Japanese Senior Environment Vice Minister Shoichi Kondo and Chinese Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian shake hands after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, on April 29, 2011. They agreed to promote information-sharing and personnel training to help minimize the impact on the environment in times of major natural disasters.

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Radiation screening at S. Korean airport

SEOUL, South Korea - A passenger from Japan walks through a radiation screener at Incheon international airport in South Korea on March 17, 2011, amid problems at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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New S. Korean TV drama

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean stars Jung Woo Sung (L) and Soo Ae attend a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 30, 2010, about their new TV drama ''Athena Senso no Megami'' (Athena, Goddess of War), a sequel to the popular TV drama series ''Iris.'' The drama is scheduled to be shot in Japan's Tottori Prefecture from September and Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai attended the press conference as well.

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Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka during an audition of actors for a play in Seoul, South Korea, in December 1998. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010.

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Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka (C) during a rehearsal of a play in Seoul, South Korea, in April 1999. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010.

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Japan, S. Korea affirm cooperation in historically sensitive year

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R) and South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan talk during their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2010.

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Japan, S. Korea affirm cooperation in historically sensitive year

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and South Korean Unification Minister Hyon In Taek shake hands ahead of their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2010.

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Japan, S. Korea affirm cooperation in historically sensitive year

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak hold talks at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2010. During the meeting, they agreed that the two countries should ''overcome'' what Okada called a ''sensitive year'' that marks a century since Japan's annexation of the Korean Peninsula in 1910.

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Japan, S. Korea affirm cooperation in historically sensitive year

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak shake hands ahead of their meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2010. During the meeting, they agreed that the two countries should ''overcome'' what Okada called a ''sensitive year'' that marks a century since Japan's annexation of the Korean Peninsula in 1910.

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Japan, S. Korea affirm cooperation in historically sensitive year

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks during a joint news conference with his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung Hwan at the South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2010, after their talks. They agreed to enhance what they call ''future-oriented'' bilateral relations in a historically sensitive year that marks a century since Japan's annexation of the Korean Peninsula in 1910.

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Japan, S. Korea affirm cooperation in historically sensitive year

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) speaks during a joint news conference with his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung Hwan at the South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2010, after their talks on bilateral cooperation in dealing with the North Korean nuclear problem and global challenges such as climate change.

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Japan, S. Korea affirm cooperation in historically sensitive year

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R) faces his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung Hwan (front) at the South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2010, during their talks on bilateral cooperation in dealing with the North Korean nuclear problem and global challenges such as climate change.