韓国かんこく 元もと慰安いあん婦ふの遺族いぞくが賠償ばいしょう求もとめる裁判さいばん 日本にっぽんに賠償ばいしょう命めいじる判決はんけつ

The families of former Korean comfort women had filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the Japanese government, and on the 25th, a local court in South Korea ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation.

According to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is the third time that a Japanese court has ordered compensation in a similar case.

According to sources such as Japans Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the families of former Korean comfort women filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government seeking damages last year. On the 25th, the local court in Cheongju, central South Korea, ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation.

The Japanese government did not attend the trial, arguing that the lawsuit should be dismissed based on the principle of sovereign immunity under international law, which holds that a sovereign state is not subject to the jurisdiction of other countries courts.

According to Japans Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is the third case in which the Japanese government has been ordered to pay compensation in similar lawsuits, following cases in 2021 and 2023.

Foreign Minister Iwaya: We absolutely cannot accept this. In response to the recent ruling, Foreign Minister Iwaya issued a statement.

In this statement, it says, The ruling is clearly contrary to international law and the agreement between Japan and South Korea, and it is extremely regrettable and absolutely unacceptable.

And it reiterates its strong demand that South Korea, as a nation, promptly take appropriate measures on its own responsibility to rectify the situation that violates international law.

Japans Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Funakoshi, strongly protested to the South Korean Ambassador to Japan, Park Cheol-hee, on the 25th, stating, It is extremely regrettable and absolutely unacceptable that the principle of sovereign immunity under international law was denied and a ruling was issued in favor of the plaintiffs, and lodged a strong protest.

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