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Japanese foreign minister says Tokyo won t appeal Seoul court ruling over wartime sexual slavery
Posted : 2021-01-22 20:49
Updated : 2021-01-22 21:12
Japan s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers a speech at the opening session of the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on January 18, 2021. AFP-Yonhap
The Japanese government will not appeal a Seoul court order to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in military brothels during World War II, its foreign minister said Friday.
Toshimitsu Motegi made the remarks hours before a midnight deadline to file an appeal against the landmark ruling, which rekindled diplomatic tensions between the two neighbors.
Posted : 2021-01-22 17:45
New Korean Ambassador to Japan arrives in Tokyo, Friday. Yonhap
New South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kang Chang-il said Friday that Seoul has a firm will to normalize relations with Tokyo, as he departed for the country amid a protracted row over wartime history and trade. The Moon government has a firm will to normalize relations between South Korea and Japan, and the president also expressed the will during a New Year s press conference, he told reporters at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. I plan to relay this message to the Japanese side, he added.
Noting long-running historical spats between the two countries, Kang said his heart is a little heavy.
The Straits Times
Comfort women court ruling complicates ties between Seoul and Tokyo: Korea Herald
The paper says the Moon government should come forward to put forth solutions to build forward-looking ties no longer tethered to historical disputes.
South Korean supporters of former comfort women gather around a statue symbolizing a wartime sex slaves near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Sept 11, 2019.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PublishedJan 12, 2021, 1:50 pm SGT
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