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(9 Jul 2019) Diplomats are attending a World Trade Organisation meeting in Geneva Tuesday where South Korea is expected to air objections to Japan's recent tightening of controls on high-tech exports to South Korea.
Bilateral ties between the two countries have deteriorated over a recent South Korean court ruling ordering Japanese companies to compensate South Korean plaintiffs for forced labour during World War II.
Japan says it does not plan to retract or renegotiate its stricter controls despite calls from South Korea's president urging the issue be resolved through diplomacy.
President Moon Jae-in urged Tokyo to withdraw what he described as a politically motivated measure.
Approvals were tightened last week for Japanese shipments of photoresists and other sensitive materials to South Korean companies.
Japanese officials say such materials can be exported only to trustworthy trading partners, hinting at security risks without citing specific cases.
Japanese officials say those chemicals are sensitive materials that could be used in fighter jets, radars and chemical weapons.
They say the decision to tighten export controls was based on a lack of trust that posed a risk to national security.
Japan's trade and industry minister Hiroshige Seko said Tuesday that Tokyo would arrange a meeting, at the request of South Korean export control authorities, to explain the export controls.
He said South Korea has not yet asked Japan to resolve the dispute through the WTO.

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