Japan has protested to South Korea over a court order that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. sell assets in the country to provide compensation for wartime forced labor, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.

"It is extremely regrettable," Motegi said at a regular press conference, referring to the order issued by the Daejeon District Court on Monday.

==Kyodo

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