The Role of Discourse in Straining Japan-Korea Relations.
Japan and Korea have been facing ups and and downs in their interactions since the end of World War II. The role of Japan on this matter, has served as a determinant factor within the context of foreign affairs in Asia, for it affects interests and relations among the most important economies on the continent, namely Japan, Korea and China. The past is revived almost every year at the moment Korea celebrates its National Liberation Day and whenever Japanese officials visit Yatsukuni Shrine. The way foreign affairs and everything related to them therefore, depend on how each of the parties and their governments interpret and react towards how history has been told. China's economic and political power in the region is also a determinant factor within the whole context of international relations and, in the particular case of Korea and Japan, China serves as a decision factor for the other two countries to go one way or look for alternatives. Korea, either South or North, h...