The two sides must have a correct view of history and pursue a future of reconciliation and cooperation, and for this it is important for Korea and Japan to try to build confidence. (A “correct view of history” is shorthand for South Korea’s desire for Japan to acknowledge its wartime and colonial excesses, something Tokyo says it has already done but which Seoul says falls short of what is required.) The older generation must make the commitment to try to heal the wound, and must not become an obstacle to opening the way for the future generation.