Yoon Rushes to Improve Ties with Tokyo

Drifting away from China

By: Shim Jae Hoon

South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol is rushing to mend years of troubled relations with the country’s key neighbor Japan, but the road ahead to reconciliation is littered with detritus of history that won’t be easy to negotiate.

In a round of meetings with senior Japanese leaders including foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi visitin…