Japan-S. Korean forum on history

A two-day Japan-South Korean forum opens in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26 to step up research on the shared history of the two countries and promote mutual understanding. The Japanese team is headed by former Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Ryozo Sunobe, who is now an advisor to the Foreign Ministry, while the South Korean mission is led by Chi Myong Kwan, director of Hallym University's Institute of Japanese Studies. Relations between the two countries have been marred since Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule on the Korean Peninsula and its wartime deeds there.

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