For the first time since the ruling in late October over Japanese firms' use of forced labor from South Korea,.... officials from Seoul and Tokyo are going to discuss the matter.
Japan's Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau,...( )Kenji Kanasugi is to visit Seoul's foreign ministry this afternoon.... and meet with the Director-General for Northeast Asian Affairs Kim Yong-kil.
Two months ago,.... Seoul's Supreme Court had ordered two Japanese firms to pay compensation for unpaid work during World War II.
Japan has argued the issue was settled when the two countries normalized diplomatic relations in 1965,... but recently said it hopes Seoul will respond in a way so that the legal foundation of the ties between the two are not harmed.
Seoul said.... it respects judicial independence but has not yet come up with an official response.