日本政府、韓国に抗議　慰安婦判決

　外務省の岡野正敬事務次官は２３日、日本政府に元慰安婦への損害賠償を命じたソウル高裁判決を受け、韓国の尹徳敏駐日大使を同省に呼び、「国際法上の主権免除の原則の適用が否定され、極めて遺憾だ。判決は断じて受け入れられない」と抗議した。
　上川陽子外相は「判決は国際法と日韓両国間の合意に明らかに反する」との談話を発表。韓国に対し「国際法違反の状態を是正する適切な措置」を講じるよう強く求めた。（2023/11/23-20:21）

The Japanese government protested Thursday's ruling by the Seoul High Court ordering it to pay compensation to former "comfort women," or Korean prostitutes for Japanese troops before and during World War II.
   Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano summoned South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yun Duk-min the same day to lodge the protest.
   Okano said that the ruling is very regrettable and unacceptable as it denies the principle of sovereign immunity under international law.
   Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa issued a statement saying that the latest ruling is "clearly contrary to international law and agreements between the two countries, and therefore extremely regrettable and absolutely unacceptable."
   Kamikawa strongly urged South Korea to "immediately take appropriate measures to remedy the status of its breaches of international law on its own responsibility as a country."