Japan, S. Korea seek to find common ground on "comfort women" issue

Kimihiro Ishikane, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to reporters in Seoul after meeting with his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Deok on Nov. 11, 2015. The two countries are trying to find common ground on the so-called "comfort women" issue involving women procured to work in wartime brothels for the Imperial Japanese Army. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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