Japan likely to skip first hearing in South Korea 'comfort women' lawsuit
The central government isn't planning to attend the first hearing on a lawsuit seeking damages from Japan for former "comfort women" in South Korea, to be held Wednesday, informed sources said Tuesday. Comfort women is a euphemism for women who worked at wartime Japanese brothels, ...
Lights, camera ... cut! Japan soul-searching over freedom of expression
Withdrawn endorsements for films and art exhibitions are re-igniting a debate in Japan over self-censorship, exposing a struggle to balance freedom of expression with a cultural penchant for avoiding conflict. The latest controversy arose when Japan last week canceled its endorsement of an art exhibition ...
South Korean speaker says bill will allow donations to wartime laborers from Japanese firms
South Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang says the money would be collected from Japanese and South Korean businesses.
Japan film festival backtracks on scrapping of 'comfort women' movie screening
After coming under fire for dropping the movie, a film festival in Kawasaki decides to show a documentary on the highly controversial issue of Japan’s wartime military brothels.
Japan Upper House chief urged South Korea speaker to retract calls for 'comfort women' apology
The head of the Upper House has sent a letter to her South Korean counterpart asking him to retract comments urging the emperor to make an apology regarding the issue of the "comfort women," sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. As there was no ...
The city government of Ise, Mie Prefecture, has decided against displaying a piece of artwork that features an image of a statue of a girl symbolizing "comfort women" at an ongoing exhibition, it was learned Thursday. The city board of education, which hosts the art ...
Japanese and South Korean lawmakers hope special committees can mend ties for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Japanese and South Korean parliamentary groups plan to jointly work toward making the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics a success, with both sides setting up special committees to that end, lawmakers with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday. The cross-party groups hope to help create ...
Japan film festival scraps screening of 'comfort women' movie
A film festival that began over the weekend in Kawasaki has decided not to show a documentary focused on debates over the issue of "comfort women." The phrase refers to women who provided sex, including those who did so against their will, for Japanese troops ...
Controversial head of South Korean parliament to visit Japan in November
The head of South Korea's parliament, who made a controversial statement that Japan's emperor should make an apology over the "comfort women" issue, will visit Tokyo next month. The term "comfort women" refers to women who provided sex, including those who did so against their ...
Statue dedicated to Korean 'comfort women' installed near Washington
An unveiling ceremony was held Sunday near Washington for a statue of a girl dedicated to Korean women who worked in Japanese wartime military brothels, referred to as the "comfort women," making it the fifth of its kind in the United States. The term comfort ...
'Comfort women' statue to be erected near Washington next week
A groundbreaking ceremony for a statue of a girl symbolizing so-called comfort women was held in a suburb of Washington on Thursday. The statue, to be put up by the end of the month, may stir up tensions between Japan and South Korea. The issue of ...
Aichi art festival featuring controversial 'comfort women' statue wraps up without incident
The Aichi Triennale 2019 art festival, which included a controversial exhibition featuring a statue of a girl symbolizing the so-called comfort women, came to a close Monday. As the 75-day festival in Aichi Prefecture ended, Gov. Hideaki Omura, head of the event's organizing committee, told ...
