Japan-S. Korea ties need mending, Suga tells Moon

TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told South Korean President Moon Jae In in a phone call on Thursday that relations between the neighboring countries -- which have been strained by a diplomatic feud over wartime labor -- need to be improved.Speaking to reporters following his first conversation with Moon since taking office last week, Suga said Japan and South Korea are "extremely important neighbors" but that bilateral ties are in a "very difficult situation" and need mending."I told President Moon that we cannot allow our relations to remain as they are," he said.Related coveREAD FULL ARTICLE