Japan recalls diplomats from South Korea over 'comfort woman' statue

Japan has reviewed two top diplomats from South Korea over a controversial statue raised outside its department in the South Korean city of Busan a week prior. 

Tokyo will likewise stop converses with South Korea on an arranged money swap and postpone high-level state financial exchange as a feature of its "initial" reaction to the statue, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press preparation Friday. 

The statue was raised by a common gathering in December and speaks to "comfort women," ladies who were compelled to fill in as sex slaves for Japanese warriors amid World War II. 

"The fact that the girls' statue was set up has an unfavorable influence on relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea, and it is extremely regrettable," Suga said. 

The brief review includes the Japanese Ambassador to South Korea and the Consulate General of Japan in Busan. 

South Korea's Foreign Ministry issued an announcement because of the communicated, lament over Japan's choice. 

"Our government stresses once again that even if there are difficult issues between the two countries, both governments, based on trust, need to continuously develop the relationship," the announcement said. 

South Korea's semi-official news office Yonhap reported the common gathering initially attempted to introduce the statue on December 28, however was ceased by ward authorities and police - who reallocated the statue and kept it in the ward office.

That prompted an open objection and after two days the authorities gave into the weight, apologizing to the gathering and permitting it to erect the statue out and about before the Japanese Consulate. 

The two nations had achieved a concurrence on the comfort women issue in December 2015. 

Japan consented to give 1 billion yen ($8.6 million) to a fund to help survivors. South Korea's remote pastor at the time said the length of Tokyo adheres to its side of the arrangement, Seoul will consider the issue "irreversibly resolved." 

In any case, the arrangement was scrutinized by support bunches for previous solace ladies. One called it a "diplomatic humiliation." 

It's evaluated that up to 200,000 ladies, mostly Korean, were compelled to function as sex slaves for Japanese fighters amid WWII. Other ladies originated from China, Taiwan and Indonesia.