Japan, S. Korea sign renewed fisheries pact

Japan, S. Korea sign renewed fisheries pact

Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (3rd from R) exchanges notes with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 28 after signing a renewed treaty permitting fishing in each other's economic waters. The signing follows a meeting of 11 cabinet ministers from the two nations. Japanese officials hope the renewed pact will go into effect in January after parliamentary approval.

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