No exit in sight from worst Japan-South Korea dispute in decades

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TOKYO/SEOUL - Japan and South Korea say they're willing to meet over Tokyo's move to restrict vital exports to its neighbour, but neither has much political incentive to climb down from their worst dispute in decades.

"The leaders on both sides are incompatible with any sort of political rapprochement," said Mr Jonathan Berkshire Miller, a senior fellow with the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo who specialises in Northeast Asian security issues."The sense on Moon here is negative and Abe is obviously persona non grata in South Korea."

If left unchecked, analysts have warned of open economic warfare between the two key US allies, something they have avoided since Japan withdrew from the peninsula. Ms Kang told her US counterpart that the export curbs could negatively impact the global trade order, according to the foreign ministry's website.South Korea has for weeks resisted Japan's demands for third-country arbitration to settle the forced-labour issues, arguing that conscripted workers have a right to pursue their claims in court.

 

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