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A timeline of modern Japan–South Korea relations.
Year | Date | Event |
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1945 | August 15 | Japan surrenders to Allied forces, relinquishing control over Korean territory. |
1945 | September 8 | Korea is administered by United States Army Military Government in Korea. And, a lot of Japanese systems were released. |
1948 | August 15 | First Republic of South Korea officially established. Republic is allied strongly with the United States, and opposing both North Korean and Japanese interests. [1] |
1948 | During the Jeju Uprising, a large group of South Korean refugees escape to Japan. | |
1950s | During the Korean War, some group of South Korean refugees escape to Japan. | |
1952 | January 18 | The South Korean president Syngman Rhee declared Syngman Rhee line. 3,929 Japanese fishermen were captured, and 44 Japanese were killed by South Korea Navy. |
1952 | February 4 | The Dai Ichi Daihoumaru Ship Incident. South Korean Coast Guard shot and killed Japanese fishermen. |
1965 | June 22 | Japan and South Korea signed Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea. |
1981 | January 11 | Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro visited South Korea. |
1991 | August 11 | Asahi Shimbun reports the discovery of Kim Hak-soon, a comfort woman from South Korea. [2] |
1991 | December 6 | Mizuho Fukushima leads five comfort women in an attempt to sue the Japanese Government. [3] |
1995 | August 15 | The public office building of Governor-General of Korea in Seoul was dismantled by Kim Young-sam. |
1997 | December | The Asian financial crisis hits the South Korean economy hard. Japan offers 10 billion dollars in support. [4] |
2002 | May 31 | Japan and South Korea co-host the 2002 FIFA World Cup. |
2003 | March 31 | South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations strongly opposes Japan's participation as a permanent member of United Nations Security Council. [5] [6] |
2005 | March 16 | The assembly in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, enacts "Takeshima Day". Decision met with opposition in South Korea. [7] |
2007 | July | the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution that Japan apologize for forcing women into sex slavery during World War II. The resolution was sponsored by Mike Honda (D-CA), a third-generation Japanese-American. [8] |
2012 | August 10 | South Korea won the bronze medal match against Japan at the Olympic Match. |
2015 | February 6 | FGS League inaugural match. |
2019 | July 1 | Japan announced restrictions of some exports to South Korea. This decision sparked widespread anger across South Korea. [9] |
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