Japan to reject S. Korea's request for meeting on export curbs

Japan has decided to reject South Korea's request to hold another working-level meeting on Tokyo's recent tightening of export controls, government sources said Wednesday, amid rising bilateral trade tensions.The Japanese government has deemed it difficult to hold another meeting by July 24 after mutual trust was damaged by Seoul's announcement of what Tokyo views as factually erroneous details of a meeting between the two countries' officials last Friday, the sources said.Since the working-level meeting was held at the request of South Korea, the two countries have been trading barbs and r…READ FULL ARTICLE