Japan foreign minister arranging Seoul visit to settle 'comfort women' row

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-japan-southkorea-idUKKBN0U801M20151225
Fri Dec 25, 2015 7:37am GMT
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Japan foreign minister arranging Seoul visit to settle 'comfort women' row

TOKYO/SEOUL | By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Jack Kim

Japan's foreign minister will visit Seoul on Monday to meet his South Korean counterpart for talks aimed at an early resolution to a row over comfort women, as those forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels are euphemistically known.
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The dispute has long plagued ties between the East Asian neighbours, although relations have warmed since Abe met President Park Geun-hye last month. That meeting took place partly under pressure from the United States, which is keen to see its two allies get along.
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Suga reiterated there was no change to Japan's stance that the matter of compensation was settled by a 1965 bilateral treaty.

However, the Nikkei business daily reported that Japan would propose creating a government-backed fund to help the former comfort women as part of a possible agreement. The Nikkei, citing a government source, said one proposal was for a fund of more than 100 million yen ($831,877) that would pay out 10 years' worth of aid at once.
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1. The Japanese have never really been eager to acknowledge their past transgressions

The Germans on the other hand are the complete opposite. They tell of their atrocities in school and even require that all students visit at least one concentration camp before they graduate.

Humility does a lot to build friendships and positive relations.