1. The Korean government strongly protests against the Japanese government’s reiteration of unjust claims over Dokdo, an integral part of the Korean territory, through the Japanese Foreign Minister’s foreign policy speech at the Japanese Diet on January 18, and sternly demands an immediate withdrawal of the claims.

2. The Japanese government should immediately stop futile attempts over Dokdo, clearly an integral part of the Korean territory in terms of history, geography and international law, and reflect deeply that a correct understanding of history is the foundation for future-oriented development of Korea-Japan relations.

3. Furthermore, the Korean government cannot accept Japan’s unilateral demand regarding the ruling on the civil action filed by the "comfort women" victims, and urges the Japanese government to bring wisdom together in order to restore the honor and dignity of the victims and continue constructive and future-oriented cooperation between the two countries based on the spirit of responsibility, apology and remorse expressed by the Japanese government itself at the time of the agreement on the "comfort women" issue in 2015.