South Korean President Moon Jae-in canceled plans to visit Tokyo (Yonhap) for the opening ceremony of the Olympics. The trip would have included his first in-person meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. The cancellation came after a Japanese diplomat made a crude comment about Moon, prompting Seoul to complain and Tokyo to plan to remove the diplomat.
For the Asia Unbound blog, Shin Kak-soo discusses the downward spiral in Seoul-Tokyo relations.
Japan: A Tokyo court handed two Americans prison sentences (Kyodo) for helping former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee Japan in 2019.
