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Asahi writer meets his S. Korean Twitter contacts to understand the acrimony
BY HAJIMU TAKEDA STAFF WRITER
2013/01/04
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Hajimu Takeda tweets in Seoul while standing in front of what used to be the Seoul city government building. The structure was built when Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula. (Yoshinori Mizuno)
Tweets on Hajimu Takeda's smartphone, right, and a South Korean interviewee's (Yoshinori Mizuno)
Editor's note: Hajimu Takeda, a staff writer in the international news department of The Asahi Shimbun, recently visited South Korea where he exchanged tweets and met with South Korean and Japanese to gain their perspectives on bilateral relations in the wake of the diplomatic spat over the Takeshima islets. The following is a first-person account of his experience:
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