Japan will start tightening regulations on the export to South Korea of several chemicals used in chip and smartphone production. – EPA pic, July 1, 2019.
JAPAN said today it will tighten regulations on the export to South Korea of several chemicals used in chip and smartphone production amid a row with Seoul on wartime forced labour. The move, which takes effect from July 4, comes after South Korean courts ordered Japanese firms to compensate people forced into wartime labour, an issue Tokyo says was resolved when the countries resumed diplomatic relations decades ago.
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