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KONO STATEMENT

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 11, 2015
The politics and pitfalls of war memory and apology
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's handling of history issues during this 70th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat came under critical scrutiny at the recent Japanese Studies Association of Australia conference hosted by La Trobe University in Melbourne.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2014
China awaits Abe's stance on 70th anniverary of WWII
China warns Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that his attitude toward Japan's wartime actions on the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII will be critical in mending bilateral ties.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014
Kono statement won't be replaced, Suga says
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga rejected on Tuesday a request from a ruling party colleague to issue a new document next year to replace a 1993 apology over women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, ruling bloc lawmakers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2014
Anniversary of WWII surrender met with varied reaction
As Japan marked the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Friday, people on the streets of Tokyo showed mixed reactions. Right-leaning visitors to Yasukuni Shrine found a new cause in their movement, while the day evoked memories of wartime suffering among older residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2014
Atonement for World War II actions insufficient, LDP veteran Kono says
Japan has failed to atone sufficiently for its actions in World War II, former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, who wrote Japan's official apology for the use of wartime "comfort women, said recently.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2014
Japan assures South Korea it will uphold apology over wartime sex slavery
The central government has told South Korea that it will uphold an official apology over u201ccomfort womenu201d who were forced to work in brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
EDITORIALS
Jun 25, 2014
Stop undermining Kono statement
A government panel has reported that some parts of the 1993 statement by then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono concerning the "comfort women" at Japan's wartime frontline brothels were the product of diplomatic negotiations between Tokyo and Seoul. Still, the panel's findings do not change the basic thrust of the Kono statement, in which Japan expressed its apology for putting large numbers of women — mostly Asian and many from Korea, then under Japan's colonial rule — into sexual servitude for Japanese troops against their will before and during World War II.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2014
South Korea summons envoy over Kono probe
South Korea summons the Japanese ambassador to protest Japan's bid to undermine the Kono statement by publicizing how it was drafted, rather than the facts it was built on.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2014
Kono apology was tug of war: panel
A government panel unveils its report on the drafting of the official "comfort women" apology issued by Yohei Kono in 1993, describing it as a tug of war.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2014
Tokyo compiled '93 'comfort women' apology on its own: South Korea
A South Korean Foreign Ministry official said Sunday that Tokyo acted on its own in acknowledging that the Imperial Japanese military coerced Asian and other women to work in brothels before and during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2014
Suga again denies revisionism
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga denies speculation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering a key aide's proposal to issue a new government statement on the "comfort women" issue.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2014
Abe aide calls for new statement on wartime sex slavery
A special advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggests issuing a new political statement on wartime sex slavery, saying u201cit would not be strange if new findings emerge.u201d
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2014
Imperial Japanese military paid Bali residents to hush up wartime sex slavery
The Japanese military used money to cover up its secret sex slave brothels on Bali during the war, a document dug up at the National Archives of Japan says.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2014
Seoul restates call for Japan to take 'specific actions' to enable summit
South Korea on Tuesday renewed calls for Japan to take "specific actions" to set the mood for a summit between their leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2014
South Korea encouraged by Abe vow to leave sex slave apology alone
South Korean President Park Geun-hye welcomes Prime Minister Shinzo Abeu2019s pledge to retain Japanu2019s 1993 apology over wartime sexual slavery.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2014
Abe: Kono sex slave apology stands
Japan will not retract its 1993 apology for forcing women into sexual slavery in military brothels during the war, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says in an attempt to ease tensions with South Korea.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2014
Don't reopen old wounds
If the Abe administration tries to weaken or scrap the 1993 "Kono statement," the perception is likely to strengthen in the international community that it is bent on whitewashing Japan's wartime behavior and, even today, lacks respect for the honor and dignity of women.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2013
Documents detail how Imperial military forced Dutch females to be 'comfort women'
Documents on how Japanese forces carted off 35 Dutch women from a prison camp to provide sex during the war are handed to a civic group in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Feb 15, 2013
Abe risks much with sex slave issue
Among the components that make up the conservative agenda advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one stands out for its potential to inflame international relations: a review of Japan's official stance on the forced recruitment of Asian and European women and girls into wartime army brothels.

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