State Immunity

Legal principle determining whether a sovereign state can be sued in domestic courts.

1. The Retrial Request Case (Comfort Women Compensation Retrial)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-05-12 (Supreme Court ruling on the retrial request filed on 2026-02-03))
3. Original Case: 再審請求事件 (재심청구 사건)
4. Key Figures: Lee Yong-soo and five other surviving Korean "comfort women" (Retrial Applicants); The State of Japan (Respondent)
5. Case Tags: Sexual Slavery;War Crimes;Crimes Against Humanity;State Immunity

1. Damages Claim Appeal (Korean Forced Laborers v. Japan)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-05-20)
3. Original Case: 損害賠償請求控訴事件 (Songai Baishō Seikyū Kōso Jiken)
4. Key Figures: Plaintiffs: South Korean forced labor survivors and bereaved families; Defendants: Japanese Government and Nippon Steel Corporation
5. Case Tags: State Immunity;Forced Labor;Crimes Against Humanity;War Reparations

1. Japan-South Korea Forced Labor Damages Appeal Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan, Tokyo High Court (2026 (appeal hearings and final ruling in October 2026))
3. Original Case: 損害賠償請求控訴事件
4. Key Figures: Appellants: Kim Chang-soo and other South Korean survivors and bereaved families of World War II forced labor; Appellees: Nippon Steel Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
5. Case Tags: Forced Labor;War Reparations;State Immunity;Japan-Korea Relations