FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks on after placing a flower at an altar at a memorial service ceremony marking the the 74th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two, while Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watch, in Tokyo, Japan August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday Japan still expects South Korea to keep its promises on the contentious issue of wartime forced labour and to work to rebuild trust.
Abe's comments followed South Korea's announcement on Thursday that it was ending an intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan amid a dispute over compensation for South Koreans pressed into wartime labour during Japan's occupation of Korea.
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