Japan-South Korea riftJapan business group to weigh joint projects with South Korean side
Keidanren chief upbeat about cooperation after Seoul's intiviate on wartime labor dispute
Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura spoke about South Korea's announcement at a press conference in Tokyo on Monday. (Photo by Takanori Okabe)
TAKANORI OKABE, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- The head of Japan's top business body said the organization would consider joint economic and environmental projects with its South Korean counterpart and praised new efforts by Seoul to improve the historically fraught bilateral relationship.