International fleet review: Japan to consider decision on participation in South Korea


Devdiscourse News Desk | Tokyo | Updated: 05-10-2018 16:11 IST | Created: 05-10-2018 13:12 IST
International fleet review: Japan to consider decision on participation in South Korea
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Japan is considering whether it will participate in an international fleet review in South Korea next week, the top government spokesman said on Friday, amid demands for it to refrain from flying its "Rising Sun" flag on a warship.

"It's under consideration by the defence ministry," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference, following a report by public broadcaster NHK that Japan had decided to skip the event over the protests about the flag.

North Korea on Friday joined South Korea in demanding that Japan not fly the flag, which both see as a symbol of the country's past military aggression.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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