[Woodang Issue Brief No. 1] Japan’s Suga Yoshihide Government and Korea-Japan Relations

In this Issue Brief, Professor Jin-Gu Cho (Director of the Japan Center at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University) discusses the implications of Suga Yoshihide’s coming to power for South Korea-Japan relations. Prime Minister Suga acknowledges that South Korea is “a very important neighbor”, but the Japanese position that the resolution of current standing issues is a prerequisite for future cooperation remains unchanged. Noting that continuing conflict between the two countries goes against their common strategic interests and shared liberal values, Professor Cho suggests that policy-makers should make use of the current favorable circumstances to work towards remedying ties between South Korea and Japan.

You can download the full text of the Issue Brief (in Korean) here :  [이슈브리프 2020-11] 스가 요시히데 정권 출범과 한일관계_조진구