Japan-S. Korea feud deepens with disputed accounts of trade meeting
2019-07-14 08:59:34 source：The Asahi Shimbun
July 13, 2019
SEOUL/TOKYO-- A row between Japan and South Korea escalated on Saturday, with contested accounts of a frosty meeting the day before that had failed to make progress on a dispute that could threaten global supplies of microchips and smartphone displays.
Tokyo lodged a protest against Seoul, saying it had broken an agreement on what the two sides would disclose from the Friday discussions on Japan's curbs of exports to Korea of some materials used to make high-tech equipment, said Japanese trade ministry official Jun Iwamatsu.
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) also disputed a Korean official's statement that Seoul had askedJapan on Friday to withdraw the restrictions.
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