SEOUL Japan and China agreed to accelerate working-level discussions over discharges of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, one of the contentious issues that have strained bilateral relations.
SEOUL The South Korean Supreme Court on Dec. 21 upheld high court rulings ordering two Japanese companies to pay compensation to wartime Korean laborers in a decision that is not expected to strain ties between the two countries.
BUSAN Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa blasted a recent South Korean court ruling that ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to former “comfort women” and called on her counterpart to take appropriate steps.
A Seoul High Court ruling that orders Japan to compensate former “comfort women” will likely be ignored by Tokyo and probably won’t strain bilateral relations, Japanese officials said.
An Air Self-Defense Force aircraft departed early Oct. 14 for Djibouti in East Africa to be ready to evacuate Japanese nationals from Israel, where tensions have reached a powder keg following the bloodiest week in the country’s short history.