Japan’s Growing Quarrel with South Korea: Is China the Main Beneficiary?

Relations between Tokyo and Seoul have always been somewhat frosty, but recent developments are accentuating the animosity. Obama administration officials continue to press Seoul and Tokyo to resolve their differences on the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute, the comfort women issue, and other grievances. A comprehensive reconciliation between Seoul and Tokyo, U.S. leaders believe, is imperative to facilitate meaningful trilateral cooperation to deal with North Korea’s threatening behavior and China’s looming presence in the region.



Ted Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1B8Uq0l