"Korea-Japan relations don't interfere, communicate closely"...Touch on the diplomatic repercussions of Korea-Japan relations

[Anchor]
As President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment bill passed the National Assembly, the Japanese government has been watching the repercussions since then, emphasizing the importance of Korea-Japan relations.

The Japanese media covered the passage of the impeachment bill as a real-time breaking news.

Correspondent Kim Se-ho's report from Tokyo.

[Reporter]
The Japanese media, which delivered the real-time vote of the National Assembly on President Yoon's impeachment, urgently replaced the news of the approval and treated it as a major news.

[Japan's TBS Broadcasting: The conclusion of the National Assembly, where the military entered with an emergency martial law declaration, was President Yoon's impeachment]

Before the impeachment vote, Prime Minister Ishiba reiterated that the importance of Korea-Japan relations remains unchanged.

During his visit to Okinawa, Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani said he would closely communicate with South Korea amid the added severity of regional security after the impeachment bill was passed.

Employees of the South Korean department of the Japanese Foreign Ministry also went to work on weekends and moved in a tense manner.

As President Yoon's duties are suspended due to the passage of the impeachment bill, shuttle diplomacy between the leaders of Korea and Japan is inevitable for the time being.

Therefore, the Japanese government's agony over the impact on Korea-Japan diplomacy is expected to deepen.

Japanese media also predicted that confusion in South Korea's foreign and security policies would be inevitable.

In the midst of this, hundreds of Koreans held a rally in Tokyo and cheered for the passing of the impeachment bill.

[Kwak Su-ho / Korean-Japanese: We protected democracy in Korea on our own. Thank you.]

Meanwhile, Chinese state media also broadcast news of the impeachment motion as emergency news,
On the Chinese version of X-In Weibo,
, President Yoon's impeachment bill topped the search list.

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