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It must be recorded as a case that the former administration led by Shinzo Abe could not fully understand what democracy was. A lawmaker in the main opposition party revealed a document that described some attempts of Abe's colleagues to put pressure on the broadcasters which they thought biased against the administration. While the minister who was in charge of the issue argued that the document was fabricated, the ministry admitted it as authentic. It is highly strange that a minister denies the truthfulness of a ministry’s document. But the point is not about whether it was true or not, but whether they tried to oppress the freedom of expression.   A member of House of Councillors Hiroyuki Konishi exposed a document of Ministry for Internal Affairs and Communications that indicated Abe administration having tried to change the interpretation of Broadcasting Act on political impartiality. Article 4 of the law requires every broadcaster to be politically impartial in producing the...

While some call it olive's branch from one side, the deal has anyway been made on consecutive and deliberate talks between both sides, hoping immediate reconstruction of broken relations. The government of Republic of Korea announced on Monday a package for salvaging the sufferers of forced labor under Imperial Japan, which offered to pay compensatory money, instead of the Japanese employers at the time. Although South Korean Supreme Court has ordered Japanese companies to pay the compensation, the Japanese government insisted that all demands of the laborer had been solved. By offering the deal, Yoon Suk-yeol administration took the choice of diplomatic improvement. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida issued a comment about keeping words of former statements, including "remorse and apology." Both leaders are planning to meet in Tokyo and appeal to the world about the resilience of their ties.   The biggest arguing point between both governments was about whether the de...