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Japan protests South Korea jab on 'comfort women' deal at U.N. meeting

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha addresses her statement during the High-Level Segment of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. | AP

Kyodo

Feb 27, 2018

Tokyo criticized Seoul on Tuesday after South Korea's foreign minister raised at a U.N. committee concerns about a 2015 bilateral deal on "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.

"We cannot accept the minister's comments," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a news conference in Tokyo.

Japan maintains that the December 2015 deal remains valid even after a change of government in South Korea, and that neither country should criticize the other on the comfort women issue in the international arena.

Japan protests South Korea jab on 'comfort women' deal at U.N. meeting

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