For the first time since taking office, Japan's Ambassador to Korea, Sosei, met with a senior official of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In this, he explained the position of the Japanese government in connection with the ruling that the Korean court ordered the Japanese side to compensate for the issues concerning "recruitment" and comfort women during the Pacific War.

Ambassador to Korea Sosei, who arrived on the 12th of this month, visited the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 26th and met with Choi Jong-gun, the first secretary for the first time since he arrived.



According to the announcement by the Korean side, Ambassador Sosei was the comfort woman and the ruling that the Supreme Court of South Korea ordered Japanese companies to compensate one after another on the issue of "recruitment" during the Pacific War three years ago. On the matter, last month, a district court in Seoul explained the Japanese government's position in connection with a ruling that ordered the Japanese government to compensate.



Regarding the series of rulings, the Japanese government has repeatedly called on the Korean government to take appropriate measures to correct the situation of violation of international law, saying that it is absolutely unacceptable.



In response, Mr. Choi said that it was important to resolve various issues between Japan and South Korea without relating them, and called for the expansion of future-oriented cooperation.



South Korean President Moon Jae-in will give a speech at a commemorative ceremony on the 1st of next month, the day when the independence movement began under Japanese rule, and the focus will be on how to refer to Japan-South Korea relations. I will.