German city drops plan to install first 'comfort women' statue in Europe
The German city of Freiburg has decided not to proceed with a plan to erect a statue of a girl symbolizing so-called "comfort women" who were procured for Japan's wartime military brothels, after encountering strong opposition from its Japanese sister-city Matsuyama, a city spokesperson ...
'Comfort women' funds won't be paid until sex slave statue outside Japanese Embassy removed: source
The money Japan promised in the "comfort women" agreement Monday won't be paid unless a symbolic comfort women statue in Seoul is removed.
San Francisco Japanese-Americans ask why city needs a 'comfort women' memorial
San Francisco lawmakers voted in September to set up a "comfort women" memorial, becoming the first major U.S. city to plan such a tribute to the women and girls forced to provide sex for soldiers of the Imperial Japanese military. While the decision by the ...
Osaka to send letter to San Francisco over 'comfort women' statue
The Osaka Municipal Government will ask San Francisco's city council to carefully examine a resolution that supports establishment of a statue honoring the "comfort women" who worked at wartime Japanese military brothels, officials said. Osaka City Hall will send a letter to the assembly of ...
One of two ancient Japanese Buddhist statues stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves arrived Saturday in the southwestern island city of Tsushima, where it was originally kept, the city office said. A bronze standing figure of the Tathagata Buddha, designated an important national cultural ...
Girl Scouts who posed for Yokohama statue reunited 52 years later
By the shore of Yamashita Park in Yokohama, the city where Japanese and American culture intersect, there stands a statue of three girls. Two are shaking hands while their other hands are raised to their heads to show respect, and a third girl stands ...
Seven new bronze statues of characters from "Captain Tsubasa," a popular soccer manga and TV animation series, have been erected in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo. Home to Yoichi Takahashi, the series' creator, the ward installed a life-size statue of Tsubasa Ozora, the main character, in March ...
South Korean Culture Minister Yoo Jin-ryong said two Buddhist statues stolen last year from Japan should be returned to their owners in Nagasaki Prefecture, according to Hakubun Shimomura, his Japanese counterpart. Shimomura told reporters that Yoo made the remarks Friday during a bilateral meeting held ...
