“In the current difficult security situation in East Asia, relations between Japan and South Korea are extremely important. South Korea is an important neighbor,” Abe told reporters after the meeting. Moon urged Japan to reverse the tighter trade controls it had placed on South Korea, his spokeswoman Ko Min-jung said after the meeting. For his part, Abe called on Seoul to resolve a disagreement over South Korean court rulings holding Japanese companies liable for cases of forced labor during the 1910-1945 colonization. However, under pressure from the US, South Korea last month suspended its plan to withdraw from a military information-sharing pact with Japan.

Source: Taipei Times December 24, 2019 15:56 UTC