World War Two

Japan to summon South Korea envoy over World War Two labourer row

South Korea’s Supreme Court last year ordered two Japanese companies to compensate the wartime workers in a ruling that Tokyo said violated international law. Japan believes the issue of compensation was settled under a 1965 treaty.

Putin calls for Russia-Japan treaty this year to end WWII hostilities

The two countries are in dispute over a chain of Pacific islands and as a result have still not formally ended WWII. Moscow suggested a treaty without preconditions. But Tokyo later said it still wants the islands back first.