TOKYO -- Japan on Tuesday insisted its decision to restrict exports of semiconductor materials to South Korea does not violate World Trade Organization agreements, pre-empting an expected complaint from Seoul.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Japan's "trust in South Korea has been seriously damaged" by Seoul's failure to offer a satisfying solution to a dispute over wartime labor before the Group of 20 summit at the end of June. He denied that Tokyo's move to curb exports of three types of materials runs contrary to the free trade system.
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