NAGOYA – A section of a major art festival in central Japan featuring a statue symbolizing wartime “comfort women” shut down Saturday following a flurry of protests, the organizer said.
One of exhibits on display was the “Statue of a Girl of Peace,” which has been receiving harsh criticism since Aichi Triennale 2019 started on Thursday.
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