Coercion of sex slaves again denied by Japan

BBC reported today that "the Japanese government has stirred further controversy by again saying it had found no evidence that Asian women were forced to be wartime sex slaves". Internatinonal Herald Tribute also reported the latest denial. Last Sunday, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has reportedly "expressed unfeigned apology to 'comfort women' who were forced by Japan's then military government into sex slavery during World War II" in a TV program.

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