Tokyo: Japan is seeking arbitration with South Korea over compensation claims for Koreans conscripted into labour decades ago by Japanese firms, saying it has exhausted diplomacy with its neighbour on the simmering dispute.
Seoul and Tokyo have been at loggerheads for months on resolving the fight that stemmed from South Korean court decisions last year ordering compensation from Japanese companies whose predecessors used forced labour during the 1910-1945 colonial occupation of the peninsula – a flare-up in a historical conflict that has plunged ties to their lowest level in years.
South Korea’s foreign ministry confirmed that it received Japan’s official letter and said it will “carefully” review the request “considering related elements”. The latest move from Japan comes as President Donald Trump is due to arrive in Tokyo on Saturday for a state visit. He will be the first head of state to meet the country’s new Emperor Naruhito. Trump has no plans to visit South Korea on the trip, but will go there next month while he is in Asia for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka.
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