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every weekend on d w, the interest, the global economy portfolio dw business be here's a closer look out the project. to analyze the flight for market dominance with dw business beyond the business the the news issue coming up today, south korea and japan's new phones close this for us to traditions have given way to increased engagement in the recent months, driven in, followed by appreciation of each other's culture, but most of the larger reasons behind this rep for small between the east asian nations. we haven't sold for answers. the name to be sure i believe us line, but

a to volcano, to offer attributes and the whole of good luck. the 5 digit manager, you're welcome to the the news aisha. glad you could join us. the past few months have seen increased diplomatic activity between japan and south korea on a scale. not seen in yes, south 30 and president unit 6 year old and japanese prime minister from york is she to have visited each of those countries. and senior defense officials met just last week in single full diplomatic engagement that appears to have sizable support. according to a survey, especially among young people and culture appears to be at the core of that engagement. rage pull tests, product boy, colts,

a national trade disputes relations between japan and south korea have been on the rocks and recent years. no, there's plumb boy in korean. comedian is leading a cultural turner road is a i just had a car that was parked in a couple days in south korea. it's kim kim. oops, japanese alter ego tanika, has helped to lighten the mood between these 2 neighbors. doing it with psalms and jokes. office by total would have done was that i'm doing for young people like us. we don't think about reasons to be friends. we just become friends. and so what about those reasons? we don't become friends of someone because they have such and good qualities. but because with the same people, i don't do any settings. okay, now another thing, a fish sympathetic portrayal has become an online his. he has

a 100000 subscribers on youtube. turning in to watch tanika devour korean snacks on saturdays in spain to see him live and pass in on state hill. i see his die hard fun. see his success has done much to heal the historic rest in recent years. or the airborne will not have enjoyed the japanese cultural since i was young and i hope people on. so when i reminded about japan and hope it can be an opportunity to unite, ha ha, i couldn't hear about this. and as soon as i started talking, so we got some, there is a social atmosphere that sort of encourage boycotting of japanese culture on. so i was reluctant to talk about japan own go pair with uh after time, because therapy on youtube, the atmosphere small overlap on over to them as well to go clinic approach. and then we'll take the fall like between the 2 countries goes back to the era of

japanese colonial rule. and in particular, the expectation of women, women like li, young suited to are forced into sexual slavery and the 1940 tons of use. i have to lose them. and when did they must apologize and provide compensation by far, early examining the comfort women issue to humble who ren military process. so split this is to japan did in the most city, but turned into trade disputes at the national level and sweeping boy coats of goods via fashion. i'm tech brands, all in the firing line that's changed. know with depends a saw hebrew back in favor again, much to the pleasure of being lovers. well, how about if there's something to apologize for?

it's right to get an apology from japan, but i think we don't need to be hung up on that and treat them badly as neighboring countries or young people hope that we will get along well with each other. if these polls are indeed becoming friends again, it's no small thanks to the healing power of culture. and joining me not for more context is john lee. he's an editor at career pro, a website focused on south korea's foreign and domestic affairs. john, what role would you say is culture playing in bringing young people from south korea and japan closer? well, we have to consider that culture has always been a very important part between korea and japan. japanese movies drop these pop songs, a animated comic books. these have always been very popular in korea and recently with a slight saw in the relations between the 2 countries. the younger greens,

especially, had been more willing to purchase a japanese close, dropped the sewage japanese brands in general. and so this is helping to improve relation somewhat between the down of people to people, level international refrain, south korea and japan has always been overshadowed by the japanese occupation of career that ended with the end of world war 2. you stop at told a relevant to how younger south koreans perceive japan as well. i wouldn't say that as a complete absence. well, younger south koreans might not be as invested in the past events as well. generations might be, but it's always still there. and so whether you're talking about the, the war crimes or, and the occupation of japan conducting career in the 1st half the 20th century, all of that is still part of soft printers to um, history history curriculums. and so that will never totally disappear and might

have weeping, but it will not be done monthly thing. we're talking about young people next talk about the leaders of both countries who met frequent during the past few months alone and talked of improving ties. what's behind this a rep for our small as well. let's start with the soft green president of president. jim's on the order is a little different from most of the conventional politicians. whereas most politicians would be very and she was concerned about the approval ratings. presidents i'm young relatively doesn't seem to care all that much. she is very much an idealist. he's driven by his idealism. and his ideals dictates that he needs to pursue a closer relationship with the western countries. but the democracies of the well and i think those japan and so he is convinced that pursuing they taught with japan does the right thing to do. and so that's where he's at right now as being crusty,

easier, depending on a talk about the community. she to, she is much more cautious in approaching as his relations with us off 3 and we have to remember that he was the ford administered the time read for president buckland and former japanese problem discussions of hobby came up with this. supposed to be final. it reversible deal to oversee to comfortable them and problems that occurred in the past. and so because he was a japanese more minutes at the time who punched in the lobby to pursue this new soft area. he has been burned before. when south korea suddenly turned around and decided that those deals were no longer relevant. and so, whereas he is reciprocating because of unit on y'all's, the olive branch, he might not be as dunghill about it. but all the, any geostrategic needs that a more pressing this time around that brings in japan and south korea together are

most certainly the but uh, with the rise of china and china becoming more searches and with the rise of will board diplomacy as people are on the single of the past few years, there have been a lot of concerns about china is rising as a certain this in the region. and the costs are 3, japan have a lot of common, haven't they have a lot of commonalities when it comes to industries and they're competing against china right now. and of course, because they're starting a lot with the u. s. and there's a lot of sheets, a back and forth between washington and beijing sold in tokyo, especially under the current governments. have all have the impotence, they have the need motivation to try to get close together. but whether or not this is going to be a long term sort of factor that will help that will keep relations improving and preparatory. that's a different matter altogether because we got to remember that china has always been there. whether we talked about 510 or 12 years ago, china, it has been

a rise economy. but in the past, south korea, japan have still turned away from each other despite the rising china at the time as well. so we'll just continue. that remains to be seen. what should we be looking out on the coming months? and the coming months of 3 is going to have a domestic election the parliamentary election. and if you look at the polls right now, a majority of soft 3 and say that they expect the opposition party to maintain control of the national assembly. now that the art stream, the bad news for president can send y'all. because if the democrats, if the, if the opposition party, the democratic party, because they maintain control the nation assembly president, use domestic policies are going to be just stop for the rest of his presidential term. and so he is going to have to try to get a numbers up. now, will he trying to be more set of to what japan, if he feels that his approval ratings are not going up high enough that he feels comfortable. but next year's elections that might change support,

he is not indicated that he will, but in politics is anyone's gonna guess. john will leave it there for the time being. thank you so much for joining us today at johnny. thank you very much. and indonesia, thousands of him to worship as have climbed an active volcano to offer tributes including live stock all in the hope that if we bring them good luck, it's all part of an ancient from the just ritual. a journey to please the court house and 50 for these got the at the same of this active was, cannot worship us from the thing. good stripe and indigenous cropping eastern java play mount from each year to sacrifice some of their belongings. from godaddy that book to use, and some like this furniture can afford to sacrifice the quotes to the smoking crater. it's a way for the religious to offer that try to do to their gods. we

have a lot of cows back home and so one of them can be considered additional. i have brought one cow here to return it to the gods. i do this once a year because i'm hoping for a better income. i can let my wealth is better now than before. therefore, i have come to offer my thanks to capital man, but not everything. get smoked in the one religious from other tribes. a great deal on the steep slope squeaked to get to catch the offerings. the sacrifice is a month for centuries. going to get to new york, a sort of festival. it is on the 14th day of the festival when worship us make offerings to the mountain gods. the legend is that in the 15th century of tried this, prince and princess of the japanese, him, the empire were trying to do wish for the children by the gods on the promise that

the youngest child would be sacrificed to the one you know, for the prosperity of the thing could be, but since then the festival continuous. and it's the feet of the little be drive that drives them to for the $32.00 is a bad does it for today is more from the region on our website. the, the dot com forward slash a shift into your back here tomorrow to buy the visit the fast lane to making money for a dangerous road ahead of selling cars in china is risky. german automakers are doubling their investment. but the political hazards in china

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