All posts tagged "Kono Statement"

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    [The New York Times] Japan’s Historical Blinders

     At a time when constructive relations between Japan and South Korea are more important than ever to Asian security, the two countries, allies of the United States, have been unable to put a...

    • Posted June 23, 2014
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  • Keiichi Tadaki, left, former Japanese Prosecutor-General, announces the results of a re-examination on the Kono Statement at the Government Complex in Tokyo, Friday. Sitting next to him is Nobukatsu Kanehara, assistant chief cabinet secretary. (Yonhap)
    Korea voices deep regret over Japan’s review of sex slavery apology

    SEOUL/TOKYO (Yonhap) — South Korea on Friday expressed deep regret over Japan’s review of its 1993 statement acknowledging its wartime sexual enslavement of women, saying the results could undermine the credibility of the apology. A team of...

    • Posted June 20, 2014
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