SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld rulings ordering two Japanese companies to compensate South Koreans who were forced to work under Japan's 1910-1945 occupation, a decision that immediately sparked a protest by Tokyo.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the Supreme Court's ruling upholding orders for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nippon Steel Corp to compensate victims and their relatives violated a 1965 treaty.
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