Treaty on Basic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Japan 
refers collectively to the Treaty on Basic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Japan, signed on June 22, 1965, and entering into force on December 18 of the same year, together with its four accompanying agreements. These agreements normalized diplomatic relations between South Korea and Japan. A major limitation, however, was that issues arising from Japan’s colonial rule were not fully resolved. In particular, the Korea–Japan Claims Agreement (the Agreement on the Settlement of Problems concerning Property and Claims and on Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Japan) has become a major legal and political obstacle in addressing compensation claims by victims of forced mobilization and Japanese military “Comfort Women” survivors against Japanese companies and the Japanese government. In 2005, the South Korean government, through the Joint Government-Civilian Committee on Follow-up Measures after the Disclosure of Documents Related to the Korea-Japan Talks, stated that inhumane and unlawful acts involving the Japanese government and military could not be regarded as having been resolved by the Korea–Japan Claims Agreement. On October 30, 2018, the Supreme Court of Korea likewise ruled, in a damages lawsuit brought by victims of forced mobilization against a Japanese company, that individual claims for compensation had not been extinguished by the Korea–Japan Claims Agreement.