The rift between Japan and South Korea widened Saturday after officials from both sides traded barbs about what had been discussed at their first meeting on Tokyo's decision to restrict high-tech exports to its neighbor.South Korean officials said they asked their Japanese counterparts in the meeting in Tokyo on Friday to lift the restrictions, contradicting Tokyo's account that no such demand was made."I said the restrictions are regrettable. In other words, I asked for them to be removed," a South Korean official who took part in the meeting told reporters before boarding a flight back to…READ FULL ARTICLE
