Japan lodged a protest on Friday over a South Korean court ruling ordering the Japanese government to pay damages to former "comfort women," with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga calling the decision "utterly unacceptable."Speaking to reporters at his office, Suga said under international law a sovereign state is not subject to the jurisdiction of foreign courts and the lawsuit must be thrown out.He said the ruling goes against a 1965 bilateral agreement that settled properties and claims related to Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, including the treatment of the women f…READ FULL ARTICLE
