In the past year, Japan and South Korea have drawn closer diplomatically. But anti-Japan sentiments in South Korea could derail this newfound bonhomie between the two nations.
The Yoon government is seeking a resolution of the wartime labor issue but has yet to convince South Korean lawsuit parties who want money, or a wary Japan.
China rebuked Japan for Taiwan's flower offering, and left-leaning media in both countries played up the costs of the state funeral for Abe as "divisive."