Japan-S. Korea Currency-Swap Deal Put at Risk by Island Squabble
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Japan will reconsider a decision to expand a foreign exchange swap agreement with South Korea amid rising tensions over a disputed island chain that have strained diplomatic ties.
“We made the agreement considering the severe economic situation in South Korea at that time,” Japan’s Finance Minister Jun Azumi told reporters today in Tokyo. “We will reconsider the handling of the temporary expansion.”