The recent historic meeting between the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is a clear sign that NATO’s eastern allies are growing fearful of Russia and are moving towards adopting a suicidal path.

Introduction

Prime Minister Takaichi and President Myung met for the first time on October 30, 2025, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting held in Gyeongju, South Korea. During their very first meeting, both leaders pledged to strengthen the existing ties between the two countries. Prime Minister Takaichi said that “this year marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea. I am convinced it will be beneficial for us to develop our relationship in a future-oriented and stable manner based on the foundation that has been built.” After that, both leaders met for the second time in South Africa at the G-20 meeting in November 2025.

South Korea Changed its Stance on Japan

The South Korean nation is full of surprises. It seems that the puppet South Korean leadership is fully committed to forgetting the heinous crimes executed by the Imperial Japanese forces, which even today resonate in the collective memories of the Korean nation. It is quite an irony that during his presidential campaign in 2021, Mr. Lee Jae Myung reminded the South Koreans of the Japanese aggression and atrocities and said that Japan is “still dreaming of becoming a military superpower” and still has no guilt about the war crimes its forces committed against the........

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