国际英语资讯:Japan, S.Korea fail to make progress on wartime labor dispute, intelligence sharing pact
<p><span word="TOKYO">TOKYO</span>, <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 15-- <span word="Senior">Senior</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="substantial">substantial</span> <span word="progress">progress</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="feud">feud</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="spilled">spilled</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="row">row</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="bilateral">bilateral</span> <span word="ties">ties</span> <span word="sink">sink</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lowest">lowest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p><p><span word="Shigeki">Shigeki</span> <span word="Takizaki">Takizaki</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="director">director</span>-<span word="general">general</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Oceanian">Oceanian</span> <span word="Affairs">Affairs</span> <span word="Bureau">Bureau</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Kim">Kim</span> <span word="Jung">Jung</span>-<span word="han">han</span>, <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="director">director</span>-<span word="general">general</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="Affairs">Affairs</span>, <span word="met">met</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span>. <span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="discussing">discussing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="laborers">laborers</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="its">its</span> 1910-1945 <span word="colonial">colonial</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="Peninsula">Peninsula</span> <span word="dominating">dominating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="talks">talks</span>, <span word="little">little</span> <span word="progress">progress</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span>, <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="stuck">stuck</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rulings">rulings</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="courts">courts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="firms">firms</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="compensation">compensation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plaintiffs">plaintiffs</span> <span word="connected">connected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="issue">issue</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="contrary">contrary</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="friendly">friendly</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cooperative">cooperative</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="neighbors">neighbors</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1965 <span word="normalization">normalization</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="diplomatic">diplomatic</span> <span word="ties">ties</span>.</p><p><span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="maintained">maintained</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="compensation">compensation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="was">was</span> "<span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="completely">completely</span>" <span word="resolved">resolved</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pact">pact</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="doubled">doubled</span>-<span word="down">down</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="belief">belief</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rulings">rulings</span> <span word="contravene">contravene</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="law">law</span>.</p><p><span word="Takizaki">Takizaki</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="reiterated">reiterated</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="stance">stance</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> <span word="must">must</span> "<span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="correct">correct</span>" <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="side">side</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="part">part</span>, <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="solutions">solutions</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="breakthrough">breakthrough</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impasse">impasse</span>, <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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