Tetsuro Kobayashi is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong.

Atsushi Tago is Professor in the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan and Global Fellow of Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway.

The contributors to this book demonstrate empirically how Japanese public opinion is formed amid strained Japan-South Korea relations.

1.Bringing people's voices back in Japan-South Korea relations 2.South Korea-Japan FCR crisis and public opinion: Gathering survey data in real-time crisis development 3.When will Japan's apology lead to reconciliation with South Korea? 4.Analyzing "anti-Korean" hate books in Japan 5.Network analysis of the tweets on South Korea-Japan conflict: A case of the trade dispute in 2019 6. Semantic structure of the comfort women issue in Japanese and South Korean newspapers 7.The influence of Anti-Korean sentiment on communications with political parties. Appendix 1. Appendix 2.