Japan and South Korea have agreed to settle the issue of wartime “comfort women” in a landmark deal that could transform ties between the neighbours and reshape the diplomatic map of East Asia.
Under the accord, Japan will pay $8.3m into a fund for surviving victims, based on “painful awareness” of its responsibilities for the system of forced prostitution during the second world war.
If the deal sticks, it promises the “final and irrevocable” settlement of an issue that has scarred relations between the two main US allies in East Asia and has provided an effective diplomatic tool to China.
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