On the 31st, a gathering for dialogue-related remediation was held in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and about 400 people participated.
At the end of July, researchers and lawyers released a statement titled "Is Korea an 'enemy'?" He called for Japan's withdrawal of export restrictions to South Korea and appealed that “the relationship between the two countries is broken and there is nothing Japan can gain. There is nothing other than a calm and rational dialogue.” By the end of August, about 9,400 people agreed and signed.
At the meeting, the caller of the statement, Atsushi Okamoto and President of Iwanami Shoten said, “Japan-Korea relations have entered a quagmire of retribution and are unable to be reconciled. Pointed out. Another caller, Haruki Wada and Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, said, “Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not touch on Japan-Korea relations in his speech in January, and he did not speak with President Moon Jae-in at the Osaka G20 Summit in June. “I remembered the history of peace between Japan and China, saying Prime Minister Konoe said that the Chiang Kai-shek administration (national government) was“ not to be a hand ”. (Editorial committee member, Ryuichi Kitano)