Rising Geopolitical Tensions with China Reawaken Japan’s Historical Sense of Vulnerability

As Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi cater to their respective domestic constituencies, both nations are seeing a decline in the diplomatic intermediaries that have historically served to mend international fractures. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Ken Suzuki)

Nearly 1,400 years after the Battle of Baekgang, deteriorating relations threaten to pull these neighboring nations into a profound diplomatic crisis.

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