South Korean WTO complaint "extremely regrettable" Kajiyama, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry June 19 12:13

The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry said that Kajiyama was "extremely regrettable" about the Korean government's lawsuit against the World Trade Organization over the measures taken by Japan to tighten export control of raw materials for semiconductors to South Korea. He expressed his desire to solve it through his policy dialogue.

On July 18, the Korean government accused the Japanese government of violating international rules regarding measures to tighten the export control of three items such as semiconductor raw materials for South Korea, and the subcommittee that is a court against the WTO Filed a lawsuit for the installation of.

Regarding this, Minister Kajiyama said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 19th, ``This kind of one-sided response could bring about the consensus that we have resolved the concerns through dialogue. I'm extremely sorry."

After that, he said, "I can't say what to do in the future ahead of time, but I would like to continue to solve it without interrupting policy dialogue." It was.

At the press conference after the cabinet meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga said, "The unilateral response from the South Korean side was to resolve the pending issues through dialogue and communication, which could lead to consensus in the previous export control policy dialogue. It is extremely regrettable that Japan-Korea relations continue to be in a difficult situation, and I would like to continue to strongly demand appropriate responses.”