Japan was set to remove South Korea from its export “white list” at a cabinet meeting today in an escalation of a dispute over wartime forced labour.
According to one former minister, Japan was “100 per cent sure” to go ahead with a move that could require exporters to obtain licences when they ship a range of chemicals and electronic goods to South Korea.
The decision to remove South Korea from Japan’s list of friendly countries would come despite US efforts to mediate. It marks a worsening of the dispute, with Seoul threatening to tear up an intelligence-sharing pact in retaliation.
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