Japan Spars With South Korea Over Multilateral Naval Drills
- Two countries disagree over whether Japan is to take part
- Spat is latest in a series sparked by resentment over history
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Japan and South Korea are engaged in a fresh spat -- this time over whether Japan will participate in multilateral naval exercises set to take place off Busan in late April -- amid renewed hostility over Japan’s past colonization of the Korean peninsula.
Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters Saturday that Japanese military vessels would not enter the port of Busan, but that they would take part in the remainder of the joint exercise program, according to a transcript of his comments on the Defense Ministry website.