https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY INTR6017 - Foreign Policy of Developed Countries - LA68 - Vivian Wijayanti (2301874872) en-us 2021-06-24 09:21:59 UTC 2026-01-17 20:26:23 UTC hello@padlet.com vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1626911825 Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, said the country will examine confirming the validity of interviews with 16 South Korean women who claimed they were forced to work as prostitutes for Japan's wartime military. The interviews, which were conducted at the request of the South Korean government, were critical to Japan's 1993 declaration and apology, in which it admitted that Japan's wartime government forced women into prostitution for the army.

Retrieved from: Associated Press. (2014, July 24). Japan may review probe on WWII sex slavery. Taiwan News. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2418338]]> 2021-06-27 09:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1626911825 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627022994 I tried to pick the 2014-2015 period under the Shinzo Abe administration because Japan's relations with South Korea and China were deteriorated in 2014 when Abe paid his respects in December at Yasukuni Shrine, where wartime commanders in Japan colonialism era were honored. South Korea condemned Abe's donation to the Yasukuni Shrine, claiming it a sign of glorification of Japan's colonialism and invading war. Furthermore, in 2015, Japan and South Korea Reach Agreement on Comfort Women Issue.

Retrieved from: Sieg, L. (2014, October 17). Japan PM sends offering to war dead shrine, angering China. U.S. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-abe-yasukuni-idUSKCN0I52VF20141017]]> 2021-06-27 13:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627022994 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627036215 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe released a controversial statement, stating that Japan was under no responsibility to respond or to comply with the problems posed by South Korea's Comfort Woman solidarity for the victims of Comfort Woman issue. Shinzo Abe says that Japanese coercion and implication in the functioning of the system of CW during the 2nd World War are not proven, and, as the Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga stated during a press conference, Abe's Cabinet has no plans to reconsider it.

Abe also claimed that his administration followed to previous governments' stances on history, notably then-premier Tomiichi Murayama's 1995 apology for war-related struggles.

Retrieved from: Staff, R. (2014, March 14). Japan’s Abe says won’t alter 1993 apology on “comfort women.” U.S. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-korea-idUSBREA2D04R20140314]]> 2021-06-27 14:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627036215 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627065253 Abe met Park Geun-Hye on  the Trilateral Summit on the Nuclear conference convened by the US President Barack Obama in The Hague.  US tried to played an appropriate and constructive role to repair sour relations between this two of America's most important Asian allies.

President Park and Prime Minister Abe agreed that the issue of comfort women needed to be resolved immediately since time was running out for victims.

Retrieved from: Escritt, T. S. H. (2014, March 25). Obama brings U.S. allies South Korea and Japan together for talks. U.S. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-korea-trilateral-idUSBREA2O1OT20140325]]> 2021-06-27 14:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627065253 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627083947 Following several processes, Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met Yun Byung-se in Seoul.

In addition, there is also Japan-ROK telephone call Summit. Prime Minister Abe once again conveyed his heartfelt regrets and remorse to all the women who had unfathomable and awful experiences as comfort women, suffering irreversible bodily and psychological traumas.

The Japanese government considers this issue as settled and final through a 2015 agreement between Abe and then South Korean President, Park Geun-hye.

Retrieved from: Kim, J. J. P. (2015, December 28). South Korea, Japan agree to irreversibly end “comfort women” row. U.S. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-southkorea-comfortwomen-idUSKBN0UB0EC20151228

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Korea. (2015). https://www.mofa.go.kr/www/brd/m_4076/view.do?seq=357655&srchFr=&srchTo=&srchWord=%25ED%2595%259C%25C2%25B7%25EC%259D%25BC%25C2%25A0%25EC%2599%25B8%25EA%25B5%2590%25EC%259E%25A5%25EA%25B4%2580%25ED%259A%258C%25EB%258B%25B4%25C2%25A0%25EA%25B2%25B0%25EA%25B3%25BC&srchTp=0&multi_itm_seq=0&itm_seq_1=0&itm_seq_2=0&company_cd=&company_nm=&page=1&titleNm

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. (n.d.). MOFA: Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. Retrieved April 16, 2021, from https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/us/q&a/ref/1.html]]> 2021-06-27 15:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627083947 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627104134 Through this meeting, South Korea and Japan decided to finally and irreversibly settle the Comfort Women issue by having the Japanese government contribute 1 billion yen ($8.3 million) to South Korean fund to help the victims. Furthermore, the two governments promised to refrain from criticizing and condemning one other in international society, as well as from bringing up the issue in their domestic public.]]> 2021-06-27 16:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627104134 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627107529 Japan - Republic of Korea (ROK) held a Summit Meeting. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with President Park Geun-hye, on his visit to Seoul to attend the Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting. Both leaders discuss several issues and cooperation and especially regarding the Comfort Woman issue.


]]> 2021-06-27 16:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627107529 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627110233 Japan-Republic of Korea held a Foreign ministerial Levels Meeting. Fumio Kishida, Japan's Foreign Minister, met with Yun Byung-se, the Republic of Korea's (ROK) Minister of Foreign Affairs, on his visit to Seoul to attend the Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting in order to enhance the Japan-ROK relationship.

Retrieved from: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. (2015, November 1). Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/a_o/na/kr/page3e_000411.html]]> 2021-06-27 16:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627110233 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627113475 Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Kishida Attend Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting. The leaders will discuss trilateral cooperation and regional and global issues.

Retrieved from: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. (2015, October 28). Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Kishida to Attend Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting. https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press4e_000899.html]]> 2021-06-27 16:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627113475 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627118215 The Sixth Trilateral Summit of Japan, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) was held in Seoul.

Retrieved from: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. (2015, November 2). Japan-ROK Summit Meeting. https://www.mofa.go.jp/a_o/na/kr/page3e_000408.html]]> 2021-06-27 16:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627118215 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627666753 4 November 2013.
Since took office in 2013, South Korea President, Park Geun-Hye rejected a direct meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the occasion that if the Japanese government does not take the issue seriously, the Korean government will always avoid all diplomatic meetings and efforts that discuss aspects such as economic, political, and other cooperation. If the Comfort Woman issue is not done, the South Korean government believes the Japanese government will find it impossible to form collaborations with the South Korean government in any sector. South Korea Government pressuring the Japanese government by publicly stating that it will cut off diplomatic relations with the Japanese government if the Japanese government does not immediately take steps to resolve the Comfort Woman issue.

Retrieved from : Williamson, B. L. (2013, November 4). South Korea President Park: “No purpose” to Japan talks. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24768298]]> 2021-06-28 03:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627666753 vivianw2709 https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627696239 For the eleventh round of the General Director General Talks aimed at finding a solution to the issue of comfort woman,  Lee Sang-deok, director of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau at South Korea’s Foreign Ministry, met Kimihiro Ishikane, director of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan’s Foreign Ministry, at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo.]]> 2021-06-28 03:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vivianw2709/JAPANFOREIGNPOLICY/wish/1627696239