Japan may not attend a leaders' meeting with South Korea and China later this year unless 'proper measures' are taken in a dispute between Seoul and Tokyo over compensation for wartime forced labour, Japanese media said on Tuesday.
TOKYO - Japan may not attend a leaders’ meeting with South Korea and China later this year unless “proper measures” are taken in a dispute between Seoul and Tokyo over compensation for wartime forced labour, Japanese media said on Tuesday.
Ties between the two Asian neighbours soured after South Korea’s Supreme Court ordered a Japanese steelmaker to pay compensation for forced labour in 2018, which prompted Tokyo to impose export curbs on some key high-tech materials. The South Korean Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that Nippon Steel Corp should pay compensation to each of four South Koreans for forced labour during World War II, and a lower court in 2019 approved the seizure of part of the domestic assets of the company.Japan argues the ruling violates international law because all claims for compensation rising from Japan’s 1910-1945 colonisation of the Korean peninsula were settled under a 1965 treaty.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Emergency meeting held in South Korea after North Korea parades new missilesSouth Korea's government held an emergency meeting Sunday, less than 24 hours after North Korea displayed a slew of new strategic weapons, including a massive intercontinental ballistic missile, at a military parade.
Read more »
South Korea worries about missile shown in North Korea military paradeSouth Korea has expressed concerns over North Korea's unveiling of a suspected new long-range missile during a military parade.
Read more »
Australia in travel talks with Japan, Korea as coronavirus cases easeAustralia is in talks with Japan, South Korea, Singapore and South Pacific nations on reopening travel as coronavirus infections ease, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.
Read more »
Australia in travel talks with Japan, Korea as coronavirus cases easeAustralia is in talks with Japan, South Korea, Singapore and South Pacific nations on reopening travel as coronavirus infections ease, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.
Read more »
Japan vows to boost missile defense after North Korea paradeJapan has vowed to bolster its missile deterrence capability to respond to threats by North Korean weapons that are becoming “more diverse and complex,” as displayed during Pyongyang’s military parade over the weekend.
Read more »
South Korea reports first triple-digit rise in coronavirus cases in six days - KCDASouth Korea reported 102 new coronavirus cases as of Monday midnight, marking the first triple-digit increase in six days, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDA) said on Tuesday.
Read more »