Japan likely to skip naval event after South Korea protests over flag - media

FILE PHOTO: Sailors lower the Japanese naval ensign at a flag lowering ceremony on the deck of Japanese helicopter carrier Kaga anchored near Jakarta Port ahead of its departure for naval drills in the Indian Ocean, Indonesia September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is likely to skip an international fleet review in South Korea next week, Japanese media on Friday, after Seoul asked Tokyo to reconsider flying its "Rising Sun" flag on a warship, the latest spat over the countries' colonial history.

Japan's relations with both South and North Korea have long been strained by lingering resentment over its colonisation of the peninsula, territorial rows and the issue of girls and women forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels.