[학술논문] Japan and Two Koreas in the Changing East Asia: Contests with the Foe and the Friend

Japan’s relations with Korea have been quite complicated. The complication is product of both events on the Korean peninsula such as division of Korea, the Korean War and legitimacy contests between North and South Korea as well as changing inter-state equations in the region. In the given context, it is understandable that Japan has been contesting with North Korea which got aligned with the