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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.