New Japanese ambassador meets with S. Korea vice foreign minister

New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi held a meeting with First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun on Friday, as the envoy finished a two-week quarantine following his arrival in the country.During the talks, Aiboshi and Choi explained to each other their governments' positions on compensation issues related to Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, said South Korea's Foreign Ministry in a statement.Tensions between Seoul and Tokyo have heightened following a series of South Korean Supreme Court rulings in 2018 that ordered Japanese firms to compensate Kor…READ FULL ARTICLE