Improvement of Korea-Japan relationship: three negotiable fields
Japan is geographically one of the closest countries to South Korea, at the same time, historically the most uncomfortable country because of Japanese colonization in the early 1900s. In a point of the South Korean government, although Japan’s distortion of history made the relationship worse, it is necessary to maintain a close relationship between two countries in the rapidly changing situation of East Asian region. To make an advanced relationship, the student suggests two track approach and three priority negotiation fields-security, economy, and environment-to keep a close ties apart from the historical conflicts.
I. Current relations between Korea and Japan
The relationship between the Republic of Korea (Korea) and Japan has been developed from an early government leading period, the normalization of diplomatic relations in 1965, to now with various exchanges in a citizen level. In 2014, they were both the third largest country of the trade, and the total volume of trade between them was $86 billion. Over two million people …show more content…
and China, both Korea and Japan should build a cooperative relationship to assure that the trilateral Korea-the U.S.-Japan relationship does not form an antagonistic relationship with China which would lead to the deterioration of security, interest, and emotional tensions. Then, how can Korea and Japan achieve a cooperative relationship? In current structural turning point, a two-track approach is a viable alternative: to dissociate a reconciliation effort for historical issues and mutual cooperation in other fields. In fact, two countries already experienced some meaningful collaboration in the 21st century. For instance, in 2002, they were the first co-host countries in a history of the World Cup. Also, they were members of the Six-Party Talks to denuclearize North Korea from 2003 to
Japan is geographically one of the closest countries to South Korea, at the same time, historically the most uncomfortable country because of Japanese colonization in the early 1900s. In a point of the South Korean government, although Japan’s distortion of history made the relationship worse, it is necessary to maintain a close relationship between two countries in the rapidly changing situation of East Asian region. To make an advanced relationship, the student suggests two track approach and three priority negotiation fields-security, economy, and environment-to keep a close ties apart from the historical conflicts.
I. Current relations between Korea and Japan
The relationship between the Republic of Korea (Korea) and Japan has been developed from an early government leading period, the normalization of diplomatic relations in 1965, to now with various exchanges in a citizen level. In 2014, they were both the third largest country of the trade, and the total volume of trade between them was $86 billion. Over two million people …show more content…
and China, both Korea and Japan should build a cooperative relationship to assure that the trilateral Korea-the U.S.-Japan relationship does not form an antagonistic relationship with China which would lead to the deterioration of security, interest, and emotional tensions. Then, how can Korea and Japan achieve a cooperative relationship? In current structural turning point, a two-track approach is a viable alternative: to dissociate a reconciliation effort for historical issues and mutual cooperation in other fields. In fact, two countries already experienced some meaningful collaboration in the 21st century. For instance, in 2002, they were the first co-host countries in a history of the World Cup. Also, they were members of the Six-Party Talks to denuclearize North Korea from 2003 to