| Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi © AFP=News1 |
On the 23rd, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu strongly opposed the decision of the first trial of a civil lawsuit against Japan, which grandmothers victims of Japanese military comfort women had won against Japan.
According to NHK Broadcasting, Foreign Minister Motegi in a speech released after the decision was finalized on the same day, the decision clearly violates international law, and the Korean government urged the government to take appropriate measures.
Foreign Minister Motegi said, “Under international law, the state in principle does not obey the jurisdiction of other countries.” This ruling is clearly contrary to international law.”
“The issue of property claims between Japan and Korea, including the comfort women issue, was completely and finally resolved with the Japan-Korea (Japan-Korea) Claims Agreement in 1965, and this agreement has been the basis for Japan-Korea (Japan-Korea) relations. In 2015, the Minister of Foreign Affairs In the agreement of the talks, the’final and irreversible solution’ of the comfort women problem was also confirmed.
Foreign Minister Motegi said, “It is very regrettable that the judgment clearly violates international law and the agreement between Japan and Korea (Korea-Japan), and we can never accept it.” I strongly ask for what to do,” he said.
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| On the 8th, 12 Japanese military comfort women victims, including the late grandmother Bae Chun-hee, won a lawsuit against the Japanese government for damages. Although victims of comfort women have filed several lawsuits for damages in Korean courts, this is the first time the conclusion of the first trial has been reached. The photo shows the bust of the late Chun-hee Bae and the grandmothers who passed away in the House of Sharing in Toechon-myeon, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. 2021.1.8/News1 © News1 Reporter Cho Tae-hyung |
On the 8th, Section 34 of the Civil Agreement of the Seoul Central District Court (President Judge Kim Jeong-gon) won the plaintiff in a lawsuit for damages claims against the Japanese government by 12 people, including the late Chun-hee Bae, against the Japanese government. Ruled as.
The court served the judgment by public notice on the 8th, and it took effect on the 9th. Service by public notice is a system in which service is deemed to have been served after a certain period of time after posting the address to be served or if the service is not received.
Japan was able to appeal until 23:59 on the 22nd, but after responding, the decision of the first trial was virtually confirmed at 00:00 on the 23rd. The comfort women victims’ right to appeal, who was served with the judgment on the 11th, still remains, but the victims who won all of them are not likely to appeal.
Previously, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun said, “The ruling of the first trial will be confirmed at 0:00 am on the 23rd without appeal by the Japanese government.”
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