Japan Weighs Action to Avoid Seizure of Steel Assets in South Korea
- Abe looks to protect Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.
- 1965 treaty resolved compensation on wartime forced labor: Abe
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Japan will consider countermeasures to protect Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. assets from seizure in South Korea sought in response to a wartime forced-labor complaint, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.
It’s “very regrettable that former workers from the Korean Peninsula are taking action for seizing the assets,” Abe told national broadcaster NHK’s “Sunday Debate” program, adding that he has “requested relevant departments to study specific measures based on international law.”