57% of Japanese back S. Korea's solution to wartime labor row: poll

A Kyodo News poll showed Monday that 57.1 percent of respondents in Japan support South Korea's solution to a wartime labor row between the two countries, announced last week.The telephone survey, conducted over three days from Saturday, also found that 56.8 percent will continue using protective face masks despite the government relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines on mask-wearing this week.The approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stood at 38.1 percent, up from 33.6 percent in mid-February.As part of efforts to improve ties with Japan, South Korea unveiled its plan f…READ FULL ARTICLE