Regarding the South Korean Supreme Court's ruling on Japanese companies' liability for compensation...Korean government: ``Japan and South Korea will closely communicate on outstanding issues''

On the 25th, the South Korean Supreme Court (Supreme Court) upheld the original judgment in favor of former conscripted workers in a lawsuit seeking damages against the Japanese company Fujikoshi, and recognized the defendant company's liability for compensation.
Regarding this, a spokesperson for the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) stated at a regular press conference on the same day that ``South Korea and Japan are in close communication regarding major issues of concern.''
On this day, the South Korean Supreme Court held an appeal hearing for three lawsuits claiming compensation for damages brought by former conscripted workers and their families against Fujikoshi.
The judgment in favor of the lawsuit was finalized. As a result, Fujikoshi will receive a total of 2.1 billion won (approximately 231.46 million yen), from 80 million won (approximately 8.82 million yen) to 100 million won (approximately 11.02 million yen) for each former conscripted worker.
and delay damages must be paid. There were 41 plaintiffs who filed suit, of whom 23 were directly affected. Also, only eight former former conscripts are still alive.
The former conscripted workers were labor volunteer corps members who were mobilized to Fujikoshi's Toyama factory between 1944 and 1945, as well as their bereaved families. They called for compensation for the damage caused by forced mobilization.
filed a lawsuit against the Fujikoshi had appealed the ruling, arguing that ``the plaintiffs' claims had been extinguished due to the 1965 Japan-Korea Claims Agreement or the passage of time,'' but the Supreme Court ruled on the same day.
He favored the former conscripted labor force. The Supreme Court stated, ``Until the 2018 Supreme Court unanimous decision, in which the former conscripted workers won their first final victory,
Because there were “objective impediments that made it impossible to exercise the right,”
The Japanese company's claim that the company disappeared due to a mistake is not valid.'' On the same day, the Japanese government responded to the Supreme Court's ruling, calling it ``extremely regrettable and completely unacceptable.''