​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : December 18, 1965
  • Bilateral Trade (2021) : $84.7billion
    • Exports : $30.1 billion
    • Imports : $54.6 billion
  • Japan's Investment in the ROK (cumulative total at the end of 2021) : $ 47.3 billion
  • People-to-People Exchanges (2020) :
    • Japanese visitors to the ROK : 0.43million
    • Korean visitors to Japan : 0.48million
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From Japan to ROK
      • 2003  February Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro
      • 2003  August Foreign Minister Kawaguchi Yoriko
      • 2004  May Foreign Minister Kawaguchi Yoriko
      • 2004  July Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro (Jeju)
      • 2004  November Foreign Minister Machimura Nobutaka
      • 2005  June Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro
      • 2005  November Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro (APEC, Busan)
      • 2005  November Foreign Minister Aso Taro (APEC, Busan)
      • 2006  October Prime Minister Abe Shinzo
      • 2006  October Foreign Minister Aso Taro
      • 2007  March Foreign Minister Aso Taro (Jeju)
      • 2007  June Foreign Minister Aso Taro (Jeju)
      • 2008  February Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo
      • 2009  January Prime Minister Aso Taro
      • 2009  February Foreign Minister Nakasone Hirofumi
      • 2009  October Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio
      • 2010  February Foreign Minister Okada Katsuya
      • 2010  May Foreign Minister Okada Katsuya (Gyeongju)
      • 2010  May Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio (Jeju)
      • 2011  January Foreign Minister Maehara Seiji
      • 2011  October Foreign Minister Gemba Koichiro
      • 2011  October Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko
      • 2012  March Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko
      • 2015  March Foreign Minister Kishida Fumio (ROK-Japan-China Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting)
      • 2015  November Prime Minister Abe Shinzo(ROK-Japan-China Trilateral Summit)
      • 2015  December Foreign Minister Kishida Fumio
      • 2018  February Prime Minister Abe Shinzo(Pyeongchang Olympic Opening Ceremony)
      • 2018  April Foreign Minister Kono Taro
      • 2018  June Foreign Minister Kono Taro
    • From ROK to Japan
      • 2003  March Foreign Minister Yoon Young-kwan
      • 2003  June President Roh Moo-hyun
      • 2004  December President Roh Moo-hyun (Ibuski)
      • 2005  October Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon
      • 2006  August Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon (condolence call on late Prime Minister Hashimoto)
      • 2006  November Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon
      • 2006  December Foreign Minister Song Min-soon
      • 2008  April Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
      • 2008  April President Lee Myung-bak
      • 2008  June Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
      • 2008  July President Lee Myung-bak (Toyako)
      • 2008  July Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan (Toyako)
      • 2008  December President Lee Myung-bak (Fukuoka)
      • 2009  April Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
      • 2009  May Prime Minister Han Seung-soo
      • 2009  June President Lee Myung-bak
      • 2009  September Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
      • 2010  January Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (FEALAC)
      • 2010  November President Lee Myung-bak
      • 2011  February Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan
      • 2011  March Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (Kyoto)
      • 2011  May President Lee Myung-bak
      • 2011  May Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan
      • 2011  December President Lee Myung-bak(Kyoto)
      • 2015  June Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se
      • 2016  August Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (ROK-Japan-China Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting)
      • 2017  December Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha
      • 2018  May President Moon Jae-in (ROK-Japan-China Summit, Tokyo)
      • 2018  July Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha
      • 2019  June President Moon Jae-in (G20 Summit, Osaka)

• Issue of Forced Labor

  • Government Position Statement on Forced Labor Court Decision
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  • Japanese Government’s Attitude towards the Korean Judiciary’s Ruling on Victims of Forced Labor
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  • Facts regarding the issue of forced labor
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• Related Documents and Interview
  • BBC HARDtalk Interview with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (August 22, 2019)
  • Wall Street Journal 'Letter to the Editor: Japan is Not Keeping Agreement with Korea' by Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea (September 6, 2019)
  • Bloomberg 'Letter to the Editor: Japan's Sanctions Against South Korea are Misguided' by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea (September 19, 2019)
  • The Straits Times Opinion 'The Real Background to Recent Republic of Korea-Japan Disputes' by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea (September 20, 2019)
  • Australian Financial Review 'Letters: Japan's Sanctions Against South Korea are Misguided' by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea (October 1, 2019)

• Related Documents

  • Outcome of Korea-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on February 12 (2022.2.15)
  • Korea-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on September 23 (2021.9.23)
  • Korea-Japan Directors-General Meeting on September 16 (2021.9.16.)
  • ROK-Japan Vice Foreign Ministerial Meeting on July 20 (2021.7.20.)
  • Outcome of Republic of Korea-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (2021.5.5)
  • Korea-U.S.-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in London (2021.5.5)
  • MOFA Spokesperson’s Statement on So-Called “Dokdo Day” Event Held by Japan’s Shimane Prefecture (2021.2.23)
  • Outcome of Korea-Japan Director-General-Level Consultation on Jan. 15 (2021.1.15)
  • Outcome of Telephone Conversation between Korean and Japanese Foreign Ministers on Jan. 9 (2021.1.9)
  • Outcome of Telephone Conversation between ROK and Japanese Vice Foreign Ministers (Nov. 12) (2020.11.12)
  • Outcome of ROK-Japan Director-General-Level Consultation (Oct. 29) (2020.10.29)

• Related links

  • Embassy in Japan

    • Embassy in Japan
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    • Consulate General in Nagoya
    • Consulate General in Niigata
    • Consulate General in Sapporo
    • Consulate General in Sendai
    • Consulate General in Osaka
    • Consulate General in Yokohama
    • Consulate General in Fukuoka
    • Consulate General in Hiroshima

  • Embassy of Japan

    • Embassy of Japan
    • Consulate General of Japan in Busan
    • Consulate General of Japan in Jeju