i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. >>> foreign ministers from japan and south korea are looking to settle a war-time issue that has long strained bilateral ties. foreign ministers from both countries wrapped up talks on the issues of those referred to as comfort women. they say they have resolved the issue finally and irversably. fumio kishida and yun byung-se met in seoul on monday for about an hour and then they spoke to reporters. >> translator: the honor and dignity of many women was hurt with the involvement of the imperial japanese army during war time. the japanese government feels responsibility for that. prime minister shinzo abe will make an official apology and express deep remorse for all the women who suffered from psychological and physical wounds that cannot be healed. >> kishida also said the japanese government will pay more than $8 million to a foundation to be established by the south korean government. he said the foundation is aimed at helping the women regain dignity and honor. yun said his govern

i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for watching.ódsdsdsc >> everyone welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. here are the headlines. authorities say they have thwarted a terror attack in brussels. apparently planned for new year's eve. two suspects have been arrested. inny has been declared -- ebola free.

i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. >>> schools were closed on tuesday because of a terror threat. they will remain closed until the threat is cleared. here's more. >> reporter: the unified school district is the second largest in the country. it has 640,000 students who attend 1,200 schools. and all those students stayed home because of an e-mail threat. >> the e-mail was very specific to l.a. unified school district campuses, and it included all of them. it was also very specific about the threat, the implied threat. the implied threat was explosive devices. the specific threat was attack with assault rifles and machine pistols. >> reporter: the news left parents in this area worried for the safety of their children. >> it's real. watching from what happened in san bernardino, that's pretty close to home. now this one here is even closer. that's kind of scary. >> reporter: the threat came less than two weeks after an attack by a husband and wife who were inspired by islamic state militants. the shooting in san bernard