Inquiries began into what caused the disappearance of a tour boat off Japan's northern coast as search efforts intensified on Monday to find the vessel
A delegation dispatched by South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol yesterday met Japan’s foreign minister in Tokyo, hoping to lay the groundwork for warmer ties after years of tensions.
Japan and South Korea are both democracies, market economies and US allies, but their relationship has been strained at times over historical disputes related to Tokyo’s 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
In the past few years, the neighbors have been locked in a bitter trade and diplomatic row related to these issues, including compensation for World War II sex slaves.
However, North Korean missile tests and China’s growing regional military capacity, as well