Showing posts with label comfort women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comfort women. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2007
TOKYO -- The Japanese government has found no evidence that the military or the government forced women to work in World War II military brothels, the Cabinet said in a statement to a lawmaker Friday.
The declaration coincided with moves by conservative lawmakers to investigate the issue and soften a 1993 government apology for pressing thousands of woman to work as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers in Asia.
"The government has not come across anything recorded in the materials it has found that directly shows so-called 'coercion' on the part of the military or constituted authorities," said the statement.
It is not hyperbole to state this is just like americans denying slavery existed, or others denying the holocaust. I find this highly offensive, and do hope that the planned congressional resolution denouncing Japan's morally putrid behavior then and now comes through as envisioned.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's recent denial that the Japanese military forcibly rounded up women into sexual slavery and that there is any need to apologize is having ripple effects. Among other things, a resolution calling for Japan to apologize will pass in the United States House of Representatives is more likely to pass as a result of Abe's words.
Republican Party member Dana Rohrabacher, the only member of the Foreign Affairs Committee to openly declare he would oppose the resolution, reportedly changed his mind after Abe's public denial.
Dana Rohrbacher has to be the craziest, most pathetic member of the California congressional delegation since B-1 Bob went to the retirement home for lunatic congress critters. Good job Dana. I guess you got lonely by yourself.
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