Japanese trade officials repeatedly deny that Seoul had demanded Tokyo to retract export curbs

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Meanwhile, Japan is denying that Korea requested a retraction of export restrictions. In a press conference held Saturday, Tokyo's trade officials said they'd re-examined the minutes from last week's working-level talks and found no clear remarks from the Korean side requesting a retraction. This directly contradicts what Korean officials said immediately after the meeting that they had asked Japan to remove the trade curbs. Seoul has not yet remarked on Tokyo's latest comments.