Japan-South Korea rift

'Comfort women' settlement fails to settle Japan-South Korea row

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Fumio Kishida, then-Japanese foreign minister, and his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se shake hands after a December 2015 news conference in Seoul.  © Kyodo

YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei staff writer
December 29, 2020 01:50 JST
Updated on December 29, 2020 03:12 JST

SEOUL -- Five years after Tokyo and Seoul agreed to resolve the issue of wartime "comfort women" once and for all, progress is threatened as commemorative statues continue to go up and ongoing lawsuits demand further compensation from Japan.

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