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South Korea to dissolve Japan-funded 'comfort women' foundation
South Korea has notified Japan of its intention to dissolve a foundation set up as part of a 2015 agreement to resolve the long-standing issue of Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, sources familiar with bilateral ties ...
San Francisco mayor denounces Osaka counterpart for 'unilaterally' ending sister city ties
The mayor of San Francisco on Thursday denounced Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura for "unilaterally" ending the two cities' decades-old sister city relationship over a statue symbolizing Asian "comfort women," a euphemism used to refer to women and girls forced to provide sex for Japanese ...
The office of San Francisco Mayor London Breed said Wednesday it is "unfortunate" that Osaka has decided to terminate their sister-city relationship over a statue symbolizing Asian "comfort women," a euphemism for the girls and women forced to work in Japanese military brothels before ...
Osaka severs sister-city ties with San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue
The Osaka Municipal Government said Tuesday that it has sent a document to officially end its 61-year-old sister-city ties with San Francisco over a statue symbolizing the issue of "comfort women," or those forced to provide sex at Japanese military brothels before and during ...
A U.N. committee on discrimination urged Japan on Thursday to adopt a victim-centered approach toward "comfort women," the women and girls forced to provide sex at Japanese military brothels before and during World War II, to ensure a lasting solution to the issue. The Committee ...
Japan seeks removal of latest 'comfort woman' statue in Taiwan
Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan has requested the removal of a statue in Tainan symbolizing the "comfort women," officials said Friday. The Taipei office of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association asked officials of the Kuomintang, Taiwan's biggest opposition party, to take "appropriate" action over the ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed setting up an "East Asian Railroad Community" that includes the U.S. and North Korea as he seeks to tamp down rising tensions between the two adversaries. Moon — who plans to visit Pyongyang next month for his third ...
A bronze statue symbolizing women forced to work in wartime brothels for the Japanese military was unveiled at a ceremony in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan on Tuesday, marking the first installation of such a memorial in the country. Although the statue could cast ...
Japan was assured by South Korea that a planned initiative by Seoul to raise global awareness of violence against women is unrelated to the thorny bilateral "comfort women" issue, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Wednesday. The South Korean Foreign Ministry explained that the Action with ...
South Korean court rejects damages suit filed by former 'comfort women' over 2015 deal with Japan
A South Korean court on Friday rejected a suit filed by 12 former "comfort women" seeking 100 million won (about $91,000) each in damages against the government over a controversial bilateral agreement with Japan. In the suit filed with the Seoul District Court in 2016, ...
A damaging personal experience with sexual assault has led one young Japanese woman to examine her country's past. The woman, who uses the pseudonym Kaori Miyake, now draws on her own hurt together with what she has learned about the experiences of so-called comfort women ...
Tokyo to host trilateral summit next week with South Korea and China ahead of Trump-Kim talks
South Korea, China and Japan will hold a trilateral summit in Tokyo next week, Seoul announced Tuesday, the latest move in a diplomatic whirlwind centered around North Korea. The gathering on May 9 will bring together the South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Japanese Prime Minister ...
