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Even after the Suga regime was inaugurated, the Japanese government continues to insist that Dokdo is their own. The issue of compensation for the comfort women and forcibly mobilization has also repeatedly turned over responsibility to the Korean government.



The contents of the diplomatic office released by Japan, correspondent Yoo Seong-jae from Tokyo.



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This is the 2021 edition of the Foreign Affairs Office that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported to the Ministerial Meeting on the morning of the 27th, including analysis of the international situation and diplomatic activities of the country.



The expression that Korea is an'important neighboring country' has been maintained since last year, but the existing compelling arguments have been repeated.



He argued that Dokdo is Japan's own territory and that Korea is occupying it illegally, and again insisted that the issue of compensation for victims of forced mobilization was solved by the Korea-Japan Claims Agreement in 1965.



In particular, the expression of illegal occupation has been used since the second Abe regime in 2018.



In addition, he wrote that the Korean government should take responsibility for the ruling that the Korean court ordered compensation for victims of comfort women in January, saying that it was a violation of international law and the 2015 Korea-Japan agreement.



In the diplomatic office first issued after Suga's power, the tone of the former Abe regime was repeated.



The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly protested Japan's repeated claims on Dokdo and the comfort women issue and called for the withdrawal of the Japanese Embassy in Korea, but the Japanese government did not accept it.



[Motegi/Japanese Foreign Minister: There was a protest from the Korean side, but based on Japan's consistent position, they objected that the protest could not be accepted.] In



China, the check was further strengthened, such as raising human rights issues. There is an evaluation that it is not to mention the'peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait' that was released, so that China was noticing it.



(Video coverage: Moon Hyun-jin, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)