Japan says it will seek talks with South Korea following a court decision's to seize the Korean assets of a Japanese company that has been ordered to pay compensation to victims of wartime slavery.
The Daegu District Court in the South Korean city of Pohang on Wednesday said it had approved a request to freeze the assets of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. because the company was refusing to comply with a landmark ruling to compensate the former labourers.
In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that Japan's government took the court decision seriously and that ministers would meet on Wednesday afternoon to discuss how to respond.
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