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JAPAN
Dec 18, 2019
Bill on Japanese wartime labor fund submitted to South Korea parliament
South Korean parliamentarians Wednesday submitted a bill to invite donations from Japanese and South Korean companies and the public to provide funds for compensation over Japanese wartime labor.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2019
Proposed Korean wartime labor foundation said unlikely to cover 'comfort women'
A foundation proposed by South Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang to pay consolation money to Koreans who worked for Japanese companies during the war is unlikely to cover the former "comfort women," Yonhap news agency reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2019
Top Japanese and South Korean diplomats likely to discuss wartime labor issue at Madrid meet
Top South Korean and Japanese diplomats will likely meet on the sidelines of a gathering of Asian and European foreign ministers later this month to discuss a resolution to a yearlong dispute, Yonhap news agency reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2019
Lawyers for South Korean wartime laborers oppose compensation plan
Lawyers for South Korean plaintiffs in wartime labor compensation cases against Japanese companies strongly opposed Wednesday a compensation plan unveiled by the head of South Korea's parliament the previous day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2019
South Korean speaker says bill will allow donations to wartime laborers from Japanese firms
South Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang says the money would be collected from Japanese and South Korean businesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2019
Japan Upper House chief urged South Korea speaker to retract calls for 'comfort women' apology
The head of the Upper House has sent a letter to her South Korean counterpart asking him to retract comments urging the emperor to make an apology regarding the issue of the "comfort women," sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 29, 2019
Controversial head of South Korean parliament to visit Japan in November
The head of South Korea's parliament, who made a controversial statement that Japan's emperor should make an apology over the "comfort women" issue, will visit Tokyo next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2019
New group of South Korean lawmakers plans fence-mending visit to Japan; Nam Gwan-pyo named new ambassador
Moon Hee-sang, speaker of South Korea's National Assembly, has set up a group of lawmakers to beef up interchanges with Japanese politicians, the office of the assembly's press secretary announced on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
Upping the ante in 'comfort women' row, South Korea speaker brands Japan a 'brazen thief'
In interviews with several South Korean media organizations, he doubles down on his demand for an apology from Emperor Akihito.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2019
Demand for 'comfort women' apology by Emperor angered many in Japan, Abe says, as U.S. seeks calm
An intensifying feud between Tokyo and Seoul continued to escalate Wednesday, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe telling a parliamentary committee that comments by the speaker of the South Korean National Assembly had angered many in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 12, 2019
Japan demands South Korean speaker retract call for Emperor's apology to 'comfort women'
Abe denounced a top South Korean lawmaker's comments about Emperor Akihito as “extremely inappropriate,” ratcheting up already high tensions between the two neighbors.

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