Japan FM says no more compensation for past use of forced labor
- 5 years ago
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has reportedly said Japan has given Korea all the compensation it needs to for the victims of its wartime atrocities and forced labor.
It's the Korean government, he said, that's responsible for reparations to individuals.
According to Japanese broadcaster NHK,... Kono told the crowd at a street rally on Saturday that Japan cannot accept last month's ruling by South Korea's highest court upholding a lower court ruling requiring steelmaker Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation to pay four South Korean victims around 87-thousand U.S. dollars each as compensation for unpaid work.
Kono said Tokyo already paid South Korea, back in 1965 as a form of economic support, around 500 million dollars,... which was more than South Korea's national budget at the time.
It's the Korean government, he said, that's responsible for reparations to individuals.
According to Japanese broadcaster NHK,... Kono told the crowd at a street rally on Saturday that Japan cannot accept last month's ruling by South Korea's highest court upholding a lower court ruling requiring steelmaker Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation to pay four South Korean victims around 87-thousand U.S. dollars each as compensation for unpaid work.
Kono said Tokyo already paid South Korea, back in 1965 as a form of economic support, around 500 million dollars,... which was more than South Korea's national budget at the time.