William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Neither South Korean leader nor Fumio Kishida has much political capital to invest


Yoon Suk Yeol with his cabinet on Mar. 7: The South Korean president is offering Tokyo the chance to start over with something like a clean slate. © Yonhap/AP
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."