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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicSouth Korea-Japan ties

Topic: South Korea-Japan ties

South Korea, Japan, US conduct air drill, involving US strategic bomber for the first time

3 countries agree to maintain a strong deterrence against North Korea and strengthen cooperation in shipbuilding and critical minerals.

South Korea summons Japanese diplomat over Diplomatic Bluebook claiming disputed islands

The neighbours are at odds over the sovereignty of the islands called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan lying about halfway between them.

South Korean court rules in favour of ‘comfort women,’ orders Japan to compensate damages

Legacy of Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korean peninsula remains politically sensitive for both sides, with many surviving ‘comfort women’ still demanding Tokyo’s formal apology.

South Korea says Japan’s plan to release Fukushima radioactive water meets standards

Japan has faced opposition to its plan, both at home and abroad, including from South Korea, despite assurances that the water is safe after being filtered to remove most isotopes.

Japan, South Korea to revive $10 billion currency swap deal for regional financial safety net

The swap deal, originally agreed upon in 2001 as a tool to aid both countries during financial crises, was allowed to expire in 2015 due to diplomatic tensions.

Japan-South Korea hold first finance leaders meeting in 7 yrs, agree to increase cooperation

The resumption comes as Asian policymakers, gathering for the annual ADB meeting this week in the South Korean city of Incheon, discuss regional economic challenges.

South Korea and Japan’s finance ministers to hold first bilateral talks in seven years

Regular annual meetings between the two countries' finance ministers have been suspended since 2016 due to disputes over wartime history.

South Korea & Japan to drop 4-year-old trade dispute as leaders seek common ground

Japan will remove curbs on exports to South Korea of materials for smartphone displays & chips & Seoul will drop a WTO complaint against Tokyo, South Korea's trade ministry said.

South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol to visit Japan – first state visit by a Korean president in 12 yrs

He will hold a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida. The visit will be an important milestone in the development of relations between the two nations, Yoon's office said.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.