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South Korea, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, an important breakthrough for the Northeast Asian powers. The deal, which […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Associated Press, China, Foster Klug, Japanese Embassy, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Korean Peninsula, Mari Yamaguchi, North Korea, Northeast Asian, SEOUL, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

South Korean leader’s islets visit draw Japan protest

August 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

South Korea’s president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, recalled its ambassador from Seoul and warned that the trip would worsen the countries’ strained relations …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Associated Press, Eric Talmadge, Foreign Ministry, Japanese Embassy, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, Patrick Ventrell, President Lee Myung-bak, SEOUL, South Korea, South Koreans, State Department, Tokyo, William Grimes, japan

Japanese aid worker killed in Afghanistan

September 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Japanese aid worker kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan has been killed, police officials said.

Kazuya Ito, 31, was abducted near the city of Jalalabad early Aug. 26. Japan set up a task force in Kabul to seek his release, according to Japan’s foreign ministry. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Afghanistan, Ghafor Khan, Japanese Embassy, Jay Alabaster, Kabul, Kazuya Ito, Manji Fukumoto, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichita Yamamoto, Tokyo, vol 27 no 37 | September 6 - September 12

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