The Asahi Shimbun newspaper said Wednesday that it will publish a column by journalist Akira Ikegami about the major daily's recent extensive review of its past "comfort women" reports — reversing its earlier rejection of the article.

The column in question was printed in the newspaper's morning edition on Thursday.

Ikegami, a sought-after freelance journalist on television and print media, has been writing the monthly column for the paper for years, assessing its reporting — as well as that of other newspapers — on a range of topics.