Japanese Foreign Minister and its South Korean counterpart have agreed to continue diplomatic communication to resolve the standoff over wartime labor.
The South Korean government says it will tighten radiation checks on food products imported from Japan.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha have agreed to continue diplomatic communication to resolve the standoff over wartime labor.
Kono and Kang met in China on Wednesday for the first time since Japan decided to remove South Korea from its list of trading partners entitled to simplified export procedures.
Kono referred to rulings by South Korea's Supreme Court ordering Japanese companies to compensate those who claim they were forced to work for those firms during World War Two.
Kono reiterated his demand that South Korea immediately correct the situation, saying it is in violation of international law.
The two foreign ministers agreed to work together in dealing with North Korea, which has been launching short-range ballistic missiles in recent weeks.
They also exchanged views on Japan's export controls, which have triggered a backlash from South Korea.
Another topic on the agenda was a bilateral intelligence-sharing pact called the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA.
The pact has been automatically renewed every year since it was signed in 2016, but either side can pull out by giving notice by August 24.
Kono told reporters after the meeting that the GSOMIA framework should be maintained, because it is crucial for Japan, South Korea and the US.
Kang acknowledged that she discussed the pact with Kono, but declined to comment when asked whether Seoul would renew it.
Key words : south tighten radiation
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The South Korean government says it will tighten radiation checks on food products imported from Japan.
Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in March 2011, South Korea banned imports of marine products from eight Japanese prefectures and farm products from 14 prefectures. Other food items are tested for radiation upon arrival in South Korea.
South Korea's Food and Drug Safety Ministry announced on Wednesday that 17 food products that have tested positive for even minute amounts of radiation in the past will be screened twice, starting on Friday. The items include processed seafood, blueberries, tea and coffee.
South Korea's government announced earlier this month that it is stepping up radiation checks on coal ash and three types of recyclable imports from Japan.
On Monday, South Korea's Foreign Ministry summoned a senior Japanese Embassy official for an explanation of Japan's plan to release into the ocean water containing radioactive substances generated at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
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The top diplomats of Japan, China and South Korea have had a three-way meeting for the first time in three years and confirmed they will work closely over North Korea.
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese and South Korean counterparts, Wang Yi and Kang Kyung-wha, met in the suburbs of Beijing on Wednesday.
After the talks, the three officials said they discussed cooperation toward denuclearizing Korean Peninsula, a common goal for the three countries, as well as the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea. Recently, the country has repeatedly fired what appear to be short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
Kono said he sought support from China and South Korea for an early resolution to the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.
The foreign ministers also agreed to work together to realize a three-way summit as early as this year.
They confirmed they will try to conclude talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership -- a free-trade framework involving 16 Asia-Pacific countries -- this year. The acceleration of trilateral free trade talks was also agreed.
Kono said the three East Asian nations account for one-fifth of the world's GDP and bear grave responsibility for regional and global stability and prosperity. He said he wants to deepen their three-way cooperation.
The Japanese foreign minister also indirectly referred to strained ties between Tokyo and Seoul. He said the relationship between two of the three neighbors sometimes sours, but cooperation among all three countries should be steadily promoted.
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An international agency verifying a ban on nuclear tests says some radiation monitoring sites in Russia went offline after an explosion at a military facility.
The Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, or CTBTO, told NHK on Tuesday that communication failures occurred at five of the eight sites in Russia on or after August 10. It said that only two of the five sites are transmitting again.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday that the incident was not a matter for the CTBTO, and that submitting any radiation data to the organization was voluntary.
Russia's meteorological authorities noted a spike in radiation levels in surrounding areas soon after the deadly blast in the Arkhangelsk region of northwestern Russia on August 8.
The US government has indicated that the blast was caused by a failed test related to a nuclear-powered cruise missile.
Russian authorities have not disclosed further any details. This has prompted speculation among foreign media that the country is hiding relevant data.
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Australia released a statement on Wednesday saying it will join the US-led coalition in the Strait of Hormuz.
That makes it the third country to sign up.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, "This is a modest, meaningful and time-limited contribution that we are seeking to make to this international effort to ensure we maintain free flow of commerce and of navigation."
Canberra says it will send one surveillance aircraft to the strait for a month, as well as a fast patrol ship for six months.
Britain and Bahrain said earlier this month they would also join the coalition.
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The organizers of next year's Tokyo Paralympics will begin accepting online applications for tickets on Thursday.
The official website for Paralympics tickets will go live early Thursday. The tickets are being sold through a lottery system.
Applicants must register to get a "Tokyo 2020 ID," which is also needed to buy tickets for Olympic events. About 7.6 million people had registered as of August 1.
Each applicant can request up to 30 tickets as their first choice and an additional 30 as their second choice. The maximum number of tickets each applicant will be able to purchase is 30.
Applications will be accepted through 11:59 a.m. on September 9. Lottery results will be announced on October 2.
A second lottery will be held early next year. After that, tickets will be sold at stands.
The Games' organizing committee is urging applicants to be careful, because the official ticket website for the Paralympics is different from that for the Olympics. It also says the timing of applications will not affect the outcome of the lottery.
Key words : high school student
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High school students from Japan have called for the abolition of nuclear weapons in a visit to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
On Tuesday, 23 High School Student Peace Ambassadors chosen from around Japan visited Anja Kaspersen, the director of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs.
They presented her with a list of 215,547 signatures calling for a world free of nuclear weapons, along with folded cranes, symbolizing peace.
Kaspersen said it was a pleasure to speak to students who are promoting nuclear disarmament.
Student ambassador Ai Hashida from Nagasaki Prefecture said her great-grandmother and grandmother survived the bombing in 1945. She said Kaspersen listened intently to the students' stories and that she was happy that the UN director seemed to share their determination to abolish nuclear weapons.
Yuichiro Muta, from Hiroshima Prefecture said his grandfather also survived. He said the visit to Geneva inspired him to keep talking about survivors' experiences.
Although the United Nations adopted a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017, the Japanese government has not signed it.
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