Tag: Toshimitsu Motegi

Japan Protests South Korean Court Ordering Sale of Mitsubishi Heavy Assets

TOKYO—Japan has protested a South Korean court order that assets seized from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries be sold off to pay compensation to two women subjected to forced labor for the company during Japan’s occupation of the Korean peninsula. A support group for the South Korean forced labor victims welcomed the court decision as a “step…


Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Expressed ‘Serious Concerns’ on Phone With Chinese Counterpart

Japan’s foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a phone conversation over a range of issues, days before Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visits Washington for closer Japan-U.S. ties on April 16. On April 5, Toshimitsu Motegi criticized China’s behavior in disputed waters, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong in a 90-minute phone discussion…