TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s chief government spokesman said on Friday that a South Korean court ruling ordering damages to be paid to so-called “comfort women” was regrettable and unacceptable.
The issue related to women recruited into wartime brothels had been settled by a 1965 treaty between the countries, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters. The South Korean government should make an “appropriate response” to the court ruling, he said.
(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
