Japanese Public Sentiment on South Korea: Popular Opinion and International Relations

The contributors to this book demonstrate empirically how Japanese public opinion is formed amid strained Japan–South Korea relations.

Studying public opinion in Japan and South Korea is critically important for exploring the causes and consequences of the deterioration of the relationship between the two countries. Japan–South Korea relations are at their worst level since World War II. Faced with North Korea’s nuclear threat and China’s regional and global advances, Japan and South Korea a...