How gratitude can ease Japan-South Korea frictions

Japan and South Korea are in a major dispute over their shared history, specifically whether Japan should compensate Korean laborers used during Japan’s colonial rule of the peninsula. It is a welcome surprise, then, that South Korean President Moon Jae-in has sent a letter to Japanese Emperor Akihito, who retired from the throne April 30. Mr. Moon also said his government might send a delegation for the coronation of the new emperor, Naruhito, in October.

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