Japan-Korea Foreign Ministers' Meeting Kanayama on Sado Island South Korea protests Japan is not accepted

Foreign Minister Hayashi, who is visiting Hawaii, met with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Wei-young and protested again over the "Kanayama of Sado Island" that Japan is aiming to be registered as a world heritage. Minister Hayashi regretted that South Korea's own claims were not accepted, and expressed his intention to proceed with discussions in good faith with the South Korean side in the future.

Foreign Minister Hayashi, who is visiting Hawaii to attend the foreign ministers' meeting between Japan, the United States and South Korea, met with South Korean Foreign Minister Jung Wei-young for about 40 minutes on the morning of the 13th of Japan time.

At the meeting, Foreign Minister Chung reiterated that it was a place where workers from the Korean Peninsula were forced to work, over Japan's recommendation of UNESCO to register "Kinzan on Sado Island" as a World Cultural Heritage site. ..

In response, Minister Hayashi regretted that South Korea's unique claims that were not based on facts were not accepted, and expressed his intention to proceed with discussions in good faith with the South Korean side in the future.

In addition, Minister Hayashi repeatedly requested that the Korean side take responsibility for appropriate measures regarding the issue of "recruitment" and the comfort women issue during the Pacific War, while Foreign Minister Chung was in the conventional position of the Korean side. I repeated the claim based on.

On the other hand, Foreign Minister Chung expressed his desire to return the human traffic, which has been chilled by the spread of the new coronavirus, to the level before the new corona, and asked the Japanese side for cooperation.

The two foreign ministers then agreed to accelerate talks between diplomatic authorities to improve Japan-South Korea relations.

Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Sado Gold Mine Tour Protest"

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea, at the Japan-Korea Foreign Ministers' Meeting, South Korean Foreign Minister Jung Wei-young regrets that the Japanese government has recommended UNESCO to register "Kanayama on Sado Island" in Niigata Prefecture as a world cultural heritage. It means that he protested.

He also stated that "correct historical awareness is the basis of future-oriented bilateral relations development" regarding Japan-South Korea relations, and reiterated the position of the South Korean government on issues related to "recruitment" and comfort women during the Pacific War. He said he called for accelerating talks between diplomatic authorities to seek an acceptable solution for the victims.

In addition, while Japan repeatedly called for Japan to withdraw strict export control of semiconductor raw materials to South Korea as soon as possible, the human exchange between the two countries will return to the level before the spread of the new coronavirus. It is said that he urged the cooperation of the Japanese side as he expected.