“Japan, South Korea agree to cooperate over remains from undersea mine”

Key points

• Senior diplomats from Japan and South Korea agreed on cooperation.
• Agreement concerns return of human remains from an undersea coal mine.
• Remains were recovered from a western Japan site where WWII flooding occurred.
• DNA analysis cooperation will continue between the two countries.
• The strategic dialogue took place in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, after about a year.