Japan's PM arrives in South Korea as Seoul and Tokyo seek to restart their 'shuttle diplomacy' and mend ties in the face of growing nuclear threats from North Korea
The East Asian neighbours, both crucial security allies of the United States, have long been at odds over historic issues linked to Japan's brutal 1910 to 1945 colonial occupation of the Korean peninsula, including sexual slavery and forced labour.
Seoul's National Cemetery is reserved for Korean veterans, including those from the fight against Japanese colonial rule. That year, South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Japanese firms to compensate Korean wartime victims who were forced to work in factories and mines in Japan during World War II, enraging Tokyo and triggering an escalating series of economic measures.
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