Korea and Japan struggle to control the water level over the Sado mine memorial-style conflict

Kyodo News Agency "Report of Ikuina, Yasukuni Shrine is Misinformation"
Kyodo News President Visits Foreign Ministry To Apologize
Korea-Japan government attempts to seal conflict in past history as much as possible
Low approval ratings and weak control of state affairs are a stumbling block.

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The governments of both Korea and Japan, which have been in conflict over the content and format of the Sado Mine memorial ceremony, have refrained from making related remarks and have begun to control the level.

However, ahead of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan next year, it is pointed out that there is a possibility that the issue of past history will be more sharply confronted.

Correspondent Kim Se-ho's report from Tokyo.

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Kyodo News Agency said reports of Akigo Ikuina's visit to ∀, who attended the Sado Mine memorial ceremony as representative of the government, were misleading.
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personally visited the Deputy Foreign Minister and apologized.

The Japanese government questioned Kyodo News.

[Yoshimasa Hayashi / Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary: I am very sorry to see that such false reports caused confusion. The government will ask Kyodo News to explain the facts and how.

He declined to comment on why the South Korean government was absent from the memorial service, saying it was not in a position to comment.

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya during the G7 summit in Italy talks with Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol,

Sado said it agreed that the issue surrounding the mine memorial service would not affect bilateral relations.

The Korean government also declined to comment on the details of the discussion with the Japanese side regarding the Sado mine.

[Lee Jae-woong / Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson: Please understand that it is difficult to give details of diplomatic consultations between the two sides.]

The move by the two countries is interpreted as an attempt to seal the conflict in past history as much as possible with the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations next year.

However, both the Korean and Japanese governments do not have enough momentum to pursue Korea-Japan diplomacy in the desired direction due to their low approval ratings and weak control over state affairs.

In particular, in the context of a series of judgments on compensation for victims of Japanese forced mobilization by our court,

If Japan continues to deny forced mobilization, the issue of past history could become more prominent on the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations.

I'm Kim Se-ho from YTN in Tokyo.

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