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However, the Japanese government strongly opposed the judgment, saying it could not accept the ruling.

By calling an ambassador to Japan, he reopened the logic that the comfort women issue has already been resolved, but the relationship between Korea and Japan is expected to become colder for now.



This is Yoo Seong-jae's correspondent from Tokyo.



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Japanese government called the Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Kwan-pyo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs an hour and a half after the Korean court's decision was issued.



Ambassador Chochi has been one year and four months since August 2019, when South Korea informed Japan of its policy to end the military information protection agreement, the so-called Jisomia.



At this meeting, the Japanese government protested that it could never accept the judgment, saying that the comfort women issue was finally and irreversibly resolved by the Korea-Japan agreement in 2015.



[Nam Kwan-pyo / Korean Ambassador to Japan: I heard the Japanese government's position on the ruling.

He emphasized the need for a calm and restrained response between the two countries.]



In addition, he repeatedly advocated the principle of exemption from sovereignty from the beginning of the lawsuit and insisted that Korea again violated international law following the ruling for compensation for forced mobilization.



[Suga/Japanese Prime Minister: I strongly urge you to take action to correct violations of international law.] On



this basis, the Japanese government added that it would not appeal.



The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it will respect the judgment of the court and will make every effort to restore the honor and dignity of the victims.



As a result of the de facto dismissal of Japan's allegations, compared to last November, when National Intelligence Service Chief Park Jiwon met with Prime Minister Suga and conveyed President Moon's will to normalize relations, the bilateral relationship is expected to add a cooling period for the time being.



However, the fact that the level of protests on the Japanese side was a level that repeated the previous arguments is also read as an intention to avoid further expansion.