Shihoko Goto

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Shihoko Goto is a senior Northeast Asia associate at the Woodrow Wilson Center's Asia Program, where she focuses on Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Japan occupied the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945.

Koreans suing Japanese companies are dredging up an old and ugly dispute between the two countries

Japan occupied the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945.

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Barack Obama warned Donald Trump about trouble from North Korea, and his prediction is coming true.

Will President Trump's first foreign policy test be in Asia?

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President Trump appeared at the White House today with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe — a head of state who's getting days of face time with America's new chief executive.

Full Trump treatment for the Japanese prime minister

President Trump appeared at the White House today with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe — a head of state who's getting days of face time with America's new chief executive.

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