Japan agrees to withdraw maritime survey plan near disputed islets

Japan agrees to withdraw maritime survey plan near disputed islets

SEOUL, South Korea - Yu Myung Hwan (L), South Korean first vice minister for Foreign affairs and trade, and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (R) speak at separate press conference in Seoul on April 22 at the end of two-day talks on Japan's plan to carry out a maritime survey near disputed islets. Japan agreed to withdraw its plan for a survey near while Korea agreed to cancel plans to name seafloor topography near the islets at an international conference scheduled for June in Germany.

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