Japan announced Friday that it would recall its ambassador to South Korea and suspend economic talks in response to the placing of a "comfort-woman" statue representing wartime sex slaves in front ...

TOKYO – Japan says it is sending back its ambassador to South Korea despite an ongoing impasse over a "comfort women" statue. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over ...