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We and Japan are fighting past issues like forced labor and harm to comfort women, and we don’t find any clues to improve relations. There are expectations that the US arbitration will lead to a breakthrough in the normalization of relations between Korea and Japan, but there is no guarantee that the US. This is reporter Dowon Kim. Koichi Aiboshi, Japan’s new ambassador to Korea, visits the Foreign Ministry for the first time for his appointment. Choi Jong Geon was the first meeting with the first deputy minister, but he did not forget to mention historical issues. Ambassador Aibosi raised the issue of the compensation judgment for victims of forced recruitment and comfort women, and Vice Minister Choi also explained the Korean government’s position. Previously, at the UN Human Rights Council, representatives of Korea and Japan fought a war on the issue of comfort women. In response to our speech that the comfort women issue should be treated as a universal human rights issue, Japan refuted that it was a violation of the 2015 comfort women agreement to refrain from mutual criticism. Our part has also been urged not to dismiss efforts to learn lessons from history as mere slander. The government proposes a “two-way” approach that separates historical problems from other areas of cooperation, but there is no response from Japan. The call to congratulate Minister Eui-yong’s inauguration has not even been promised. The Korean government cannot ignore the court’s ruling and it is difficult to expect a change in attitude in Japan as elections are scheduled for this year. As the United States government moves to strengthen cooperation between Korea and Japan, expectations for arbitration have risen, but we cannot be optimistic. It is noted that Japan, as well as the ROK-US alliance, is in close contact with the United States when participating in the quad, so it is not possible to conclude that the arbitration will be beneficial to us. I am YTN Kim Do-won.
