In February 2021, a public opinion survey released by the Japanese government showed that although 82% of Japanese believed that "the current relationship between Japan and South Korea is not good," 40.4% of Japanese believed that "Japan-South Korea relations are not important", setting a new high. The bad relations between Japan and South Korea are all caused by Since the Japanese government has failed to face up to its past history and evaded blame for the crimes it has committed, the incident of Korean comfort women statues has been the center of the "contradiction".