TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday welcomed a South Korean court’s not-guilty ruling on a Japanese journalist, saying it was expected to have a positive effect on relations between the two countries.
The South Korean court found a Japanese journalist not guilty of defaming President Park Geun-hye in a case that has inflamed the two countries’ diplomatic ties and raised questions about freedom of the press in South Korea.
“I appreciate the not-guilty ruling. I expect that it will have a positive effect on the Japan-South Korean relationship,” Abe told reporters shortly after the court ruling.
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto)
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