Japan and South Korea hold talks on trade dispute

Senior officials from South Korea and Japan met in Tokyo on Monday to discuss Tokyo's export restrictions which are at the centre of a trade dispute between the two countries.

South Korea's Director General for International Trade Policy and Japan's Director-General for Trade Control Department led the discussions. The first meeting by senior officials since Japan tightened export controls of three high-tech materials to South Korea in July and removed the country from its so-called "white list" of countries with fast-track trade status. Japanese Trade Minister is expected to hold a briefing later on Monday to speak about the outcome of the meeting.