Il Ishiba "Please give me a lot of attention"...The degree of cold weather is uncertain.

Inside the Japanese government, "surprising and unexpected"
Japanese government pays close attention to the impact on Korea-Japan relations
"Ishiba's visit to Korea in January next year may be changed."

[Anchor]
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he is watching Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of emergency martial law with great interest.

Japanese media are analyzing the related background and the impact on Korea-Japan relations by covering the news of martial law in Korea as major news in real-time.

Correspondent Kim Se-ho's report from Tokyo.

[Reporter]
Ishiba declined to say that South Korea's emergency martial law is officially South Korea's internal affairs.

However, he said he would watch the situation after martial law with great interest.

[Shigeru Ishiba / Japanese Prime Minister: I am watching with special, serious interest after martial law]

It is known that the Japanese government is surprised and unexpected by Korea's emergency martial law.

At the same time, it is reported that they are also closely watching the impact on Korea-Japan relations.

Major Japanese broadcasters and newspapers covered the news of martial law every hour.

[Japan's TBS: Martial law has since been lifted, but confusion is spreading as the opposition party says it will start impeaching the president]

Japanese media predicted that Prime Minister Ishiba's visit to Korea and the Korea-Japan summit, which had been coordinated to January next year, could be rescheduled.

It is also observed that it is difficult for Japan's defense minister to visit Korea for the first time in nine years this month.

Kyodo News and Yomiuri analyzed that President Yoon's declaration of martial law is aimed at taking the lead in state affairs in the situation of low approval ratings and women's opposition parties.

Some media outlets also expressed Japanese anxiety by introducing cases of giving up scheduled trips to Korea.

It is difficult to estimate how much political turmoil in Korea will continue due to the aftermath of emergency martial law.

Marking the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations next year, cooperation between Korea and Japan, which is being promoted in various ways, has also become inevitable.

I'm Kim Se-ho from YTN in Tokyo.