TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) -
Japan and
South Korea on Wednesday agreed on the need for dialogue to resolve a feud over compensating Korean wartime workers that has spilled into trade, and put a deep chill on ties between Washington's two biggest Asian allies.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, speaking after talks with South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha, said both sides shared that view over the dispute, which is a bitter legacy of Japan's 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean peninsula.
"In that sense, I want to firmly make progress towards resolving (this matter)," Kono said outside the Chinese capital of
Beijing, in comments carried live on Japanese public broadcaster NHK.