South Korea and Japan are working hard to keep deeper tensions from jeopardizing their broader relations and mutual interests. Diplomats from South Korea, Japan and the United States met in Washington on July 19 to further discuss what the U.S.-led trilateral structure will do to pressure North Korea to end its weapons programs . And though Seoul and Tokyo have the political will to keep their relationship under control, they continue to encounter roadblocks. On July 18, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung Wha announced plans to launch a task force re-examining a 2015 deal that resolved the lingering issue of Japan's World War II-era Korean "comfort women," who were forced to provide sexual services to Japanese forces. Kang was clear in her intention to coordinate a group of government officials and experts for the effort, but she stopped short of saying she planned to fully renegotiate the deal.