FILE PHOTO: A statue symbolising former South Korean 'comfort women' is seen during an anti-Japan rally on the day of the 98th anniversary of the Independence Movement Day in Seoul, South Korea, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
(Reuters) - Japan summoned South Korea's ambassador to Japan to the Foreign Ministry on Friday to protest a South Korean court order to compensate former "comfort women", Japanese media said.
The case marks another legal battle over the legacy of Japan's 1910-1945 colonisation of the Korean peninsula. A previous ruling over forced wartime labour chilled ties between the Asian neighbours.
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