FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2018, file photo, Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, delivers a speech at the164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris. Antagonisms between South Korea and Japan are already at the boiling point. They’re bound to deepen with Tokyo’s decision to expand controls over exports of sensitive materials by dropping its neighbor from a list of 27 countries granted preferential trade status. Seko said on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, he planned to go ahead and strip South Korea of its preferred status for export licensing. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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