Can Japan, South Korea move past the ‘comfort women’ issue?

South Korean citizens’ groups have called for the abuse of wartime ‘comfort women’ to be recognised by Unesco, as analysts say the ongoing feud between Seoul and Tokyo threatens to upset recent improvements in their relations.

They also suggest that the two nations would benefit from working together at a time of unprecedented regional and global security and economic challenges, although they admit that may be impossible.

On Sunday, a coalition of South Korean citizens’ groups called on the...