By Walter Sim | DEC 6, 2019, 7:46 PM SGT |
Japanese and South Korean business leaders lamented on Friday (Dec 6) the worsening state of economic ties amid bilateral tensions.
Speaking at the first Tokyo Forum, jointly organised by Japan's University of Tokyo and South Korea's Chey Institute for Advanced Studies, they called for political will to overcome historical issues.
They said the future not only included rebuilding trust to restore existing trade ties, but also to find new answers to common challenges like ageing and to collaborate on third-country projects.
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