CommentWhy South Korea's election isn't leading to Japan bashing this time
Yoon has reason to keep up diplomatic momentum, and views on Tokyo have moderated
South Korean demonstrators hold up green onions to protest against high food prices under President Yoon Suk Yeol. (Yonhap via Kyodo)
HIROSHI MINEGISHI, Nikkei senior staff writer
TOKYO -- The stinging defeat suffered by South Korea's ruling conservative People Power Party (PPP) in the April 10 general election says something about the ups and downs of the country's politics. But relations with Japan -- a topic fraught with difficulty -- weren't a factor in this outcome.