Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi welcomed the new plan, telling reporters it would help to restore 'healthy' ties.

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin speaks during a briefing announcing a plan to resolve a dispute over compensating people forced to work under Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation of Korea, at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 6, 2023. (Photo by KIM HONG-JI / POOL / AFP)