Marcos Jr speaks with Japanese prime minister as Japan and South Korea revisit wartime issues and security cooperation
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr addressed the media alongside Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Thursday, while Japan and South Korea reaffirmed a 2015 agreement on wartime sexual slavery and expressed intent to deepen security ties amid regional tensions.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr made a statement at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Thursday, according to South China Morning Post.
Japan and South Korea reached an agreement on the lingering issue of institutionalized military‑related prostitution before and during the Second World War on 28 December 2015, fiia.fi reported. Tens of thousands of Korean women, as well as women from China, Taiwan, and other countries, were forced to work in Japanese military brothels, fiia.fi reported.
Japan and South Korea aim to strengthen security cooperation, fiia.fi reported. Both countries share an awareness of an unstable regional security environment marked by a threatening North Korean regime and a progressively more assertive China, fiia.fi reported.
The two governments said they are willing to set aside wartime abuses of Korean women to cooperate on security challenges, fiia.fi reported. The end‑of‑year deal supposedly settled the comfort women issue once and for all, fiia.fi reported.
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