Japan urged South Korea during a senior officials' videoconference Friday to take action over a recent court ruling in Seoul that ordered the Japanese government to pay damages to former "comfort women," the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.Japan is angered by the Seoul Central District Court ruling over the Korean women who worked at Japanese military brothels, calling it a violation of sovereign immunity under international law that allows a state to be shielded against the jurisdiction of foreign courts.Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan'…READ FULL ARTICLE
