Expectations rose Wednesday for a breakthrough on a long-standing dispute over wartime labor compensation between Japan and South Korea as Taro Aso, former prime minister and a veteran lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrived in Seoul for talks with President Yoon Suk-yeol.
Aso, a close ally of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, is expected to discuss possible plans for a foundation funded by contributions from South Korean companies to pay compensation for wartime labor to plaintiffs on behalf of Japanese corporate defendants.
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