
National / Politics Aug 4, 2017
New foreign minister wants to be own man, sees no need to renegotiate 2015 'comfort women' agreement
by Tomohiro Osaki
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Friday sought to differentiate himself from his more famous father, who is known for issuing the Kono statement — the government’s historic 1993 apology to the mostly Asian “comfort women” coerced into providing sex for the Imperial ...