Kishida meets with South Korean counterpart, demands removal of `comfort women` statues in Busan
(WorldNews South Korea)

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, were at odds Friday over the `comfort women` statues South Korean civic groups have erected near Japanese diplomatic establishments in Seoul and Busan, according to a Japanese official. Meeting on the sidelines of a Group of 20 foreign ministerial meeting in Bonn, Germany, Kishida demanded that South Korea remove a statue symbolizing comfort women that stands in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan, the official said. ......