U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently expressed his support for Japan’s stance that the issue of compensation for wartime forced labor was settled by a 1965 agreement between Tokyo and Seoul, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
The compensation issue is at the heart of a bitter diplomatic feud between Japan and South Korea that has escalated into a tit-for-tat tightening of export controls.
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