Abstract
East Asia is one of the main regions in new US policy of Asia pivot in order
to curtail the Chinese influence in the region, and to achieve the goal the
US relies on its allies Japan and South Korea in the region. However, the
latest trade dispute between Japan and South Korea has created a
destabilizing situation for the US allies. The dispute has a long history
stretched to the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula in 1910-45,
and the claims demanded by the forced Korean labourers, comfort women,
and the atomic bomb victims has been the bone of contention between Seoul
and Tokyo. The relations have remained very close since the 1965 Treaty of
Basic Relations but the current crisis has not only shaken the socio-cultural
issues between two states but has threatened to end the 2012 Intelligence
Sharing Pact and 2016 The General Security of Military Information
Agreement (GSOMIA).
Key Words: US Policy, Security, Agreement, Comfort Women
Introduction
Japan has remained a major military power of the region during the
19th and 20th century, and has considered Korean peninsula under its
influence since 1876 Japan –Korea treaty, and later in 1905 Korean
empire was indirectly ruled by the Resident-general of Korea under
the 1905 treaty between Japan and Korea. Finally, the Korean
Majid Ali Noonari, Imran Ali Noonari, Muhammad Shahaban Sahito. (2018) Japan –South Korea Dispute: Impact on US Asia Pivot Strategy, Asia Pacific, Vol-36, Issue 1.
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