Japan urges "appropriate response" from S. Korea over wartime issues

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has called for an "appropriate response" from Seoul to resolve bilateral disputes over wartime compensation and the issue of "comfort women" in his first contact with his South Korean counterpart, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Sunday.Hayashi agreed with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui Yong on the need to speed up diplomatic dialogue to restore "healthy" bilateral ties when they briefly chatted on Saturday at an informal dinner party of a Group of Seven foreign ministerial meeting in Liverpool, England, the ministry said.Chung approached Ha…READ FULL ARTICLE