Comfort Women

Osaka mayor says South Korean troops guilty of sex abuse

21 May 2013

South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, a Japanese mayor said in comments reported on Tuesday, days after he provoked a storm by labelling second world war sex slaves a...

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Polls show majority of Japanese disagree with Osaka mayor on comfort women

20 May 2013

A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during the second world war were a military necessity, polls issued on Monday said...

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Maverick Japanese mayor confuses prostitution with sex slavery

20 May 2013

The right-wing revisionism of Japan's ruling party, stacked to the decks with organisation men who are either progeny of former war criminals and war profiteers, or unduly inspired by the warriors...

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Osaka mayor hits back at US in row over war sex slaves

17 May 2013

Osaka’s abrasive mayor on Friday hit back at US criticism of his remarks on wartime sex slavery, claiming American troops abused Japanese women during their seven-year occupation.

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Osaka mayor to apologise to former wartime 'comfort women'

17 May 2013

The maverick mayor of Osaka will meet former wartime sex slaves, reports said yesterday after he pledged to apologise to them, although insisting that Japan's soldiers were not unique in...

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Lack of sensitivity caused flap, says Osaka mayor

16 May 2013

An outspoken Japanese mayor who outraged many with remarks about Japan’s wartime and modern sexual services stood by his comments on Thursday, but said he may have lacked “international...

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Japan government distances itself from 'comfort women' comment

The Japanese government on Tuesday distanced itself from comments by a prominent politician that the so-called “comfort women” of second world war served a “necessary” role by keeping troops in...

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Japan admits war sex slavery investigation 'limited'

Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and...

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Abe likely to anger neighbours with war revision

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said a new statement should be issued in 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, although the contents of the planned...

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korean sex slaves sue Japanese band Scramble over 'prostitutes' tag

A CD containing a song with the allegedly defamatory lyrics by the band Scramble was mailed last week - along with a translated text - to a shelter that cares for so-called comfort women in...

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Japan must apologise to wartime sex slaves

Every Wednesday a group of elderly Korean women hold a meeting in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul. They are the few surviving "comfort women", victims of Japanese colonisation, and they...

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Briefs, January 31, 2013

A badly damaged minesweeper stranded on a World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines for nearly two weeks will need to be dismantled before it is removed, the US Navy said. The drastic...

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