Tokyo — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that South Korea is its “most important neighbour” and that the two share basic values, taking a conciliatory tone towards the country that has been locked in a bitter row with Tokyo for over a year.
The comment comes after South Korean President Moon Jae-in last week proposed the two countries work together to resolve the issue of wartime forced labourers, and called Japan “our closest neighbour”...
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