日, 주일한국대사 초치…징용배상 중재위 불응에 "매우 유감"<br /><br />Japan's foreign ministry has summoned the South Korean ambassador for the third time in nine months... to lodge a complaint over the dispute over Japan's use of forced labor in wartime.<br />The summons came on Friday morning,... less than 24 hours after Tokyo's unilateral deadline for Seoul to respond to its request to form a third-party arbitration panel on the issue.<br />Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono told Seoul's envoy Nam Gwan-pyo that Tokyo regretted South Korea's decision.<br />The South Korean government had been saying it would reject the demand, insisting the issue should be resolved through two-way talks, rather than a dispute settlement process that includes a third-country.<br />Now that Tokyo's deadline has come and gone, there's speculation Japan might take the case to the International Court of Justice.<br />But Japanese media outlets say a decision on that won't be made right away.<br />The issue has strained ties since a series of rulings by South Korean courts ordered Japanese firms to compensate former forced laborers.<br />
