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Last Known Survivor Of Japan's Wartime Sexual Slavery Dies In Taiwan
Taiwan's last known survivor of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, the island's foreign ministry said Tuesday, calling the issue a "wound in human history".
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Woman Running Shelter For Wartime Sex Slaves Found Dead In South Korea
A woman running a shelter for South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has been found dead in her home, police said Sunday, amid a corruption probe involving the facility.
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South Korean President Pleads Support For 'Comfort Women' Deal
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye today urged the public to support her latest deal with Japan on wartime sex slavery as controversy grew over the agreement to settle the decades-long dispute.
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UN Commissioner Urges Japan's Shinzo Abe to Meet 'Comfort Women'
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights made an emotional plea today for victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery to have their suffering recognised, and urged the country's prime minister to meet with the former "comfort women".
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Top United Nations Rights Official Meets Former 'Comfort Women' in Seoul
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights met with three ageing "comfort women" on a visit to Seoul on Wednesday and promised to continue advocating on behalf of South Korean victims of Japan's wartime system of sex slavery.
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South Korea 'Comfort Women' Seek $20 Million Lawsuit in US
South Korea's ageing victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery said today they would file a $20 million lawsuit next month at a US court to seek financial compensation from Tokyo.
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Denying 'Comfort Women' Stains Japan Honour: Yohei Kono
Japan must face up to the truth over its wartime system of sex slavery if it is to purge the stain of its past wrongs, the man who issued a landmark apology today.
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UN Panel Tells Japan to Compensate 'Comfort Women'
A United Nations human rights agency is calling on Japan to guarantee independent investigations of wartime sex slavery and provide a public apology and compensation to the women who were victims.
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Former Sex Slaves Demand Japan Prime Minister Acknowledge Past
Five former victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery and their supporters submitted hundreds of official documents to the government Monday, demanding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe face Japan's past atrocity and formally apologize.
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Documents Show Japan Complicit in WWII Sex Slavery: Activists
Activists said on Monday they had a trove of documents proving the Japanese military was complicit in the wartime system of sex slavery, despite nationalist quibbles over responsibility.
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Japan mulls revision of 'comfort women' apology
Japan will consider revising an apology for its wartime system of sex slavery, a top official said on Monday, a move that will draw fury in South Korea and beyond if the historic statement is watered down.
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Last Known Survivor Of Japan's Wartime Sexual Slavery Dies In Taiwan
Taiwan's last known survivor of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, the island's foreign ministry said Tuesday, calling the issue a "wound in human history".
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Woman Running Shelter For Wartime Sex Slaves Found Dead In South Korea
A woman running a shelter for South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has been found dead in her home, police said Sunday, amid a corruption probe involving the facility.
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South Korean President Pleads Support For 'Comfort Women' Deal
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye today urged the public to support her latest deal with Japan on wartime sex slavery as controversy grew over the agreement to settle the decades-long dispute.
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UN Commissioner Urges Japan's Shinzo Abe to Meet 'Comfort Women'
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights made an emotional plea today for victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery to have their suffering recognised, and urged the country's prime minister to meet with the former "comfort women".
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Top United Nations Rights Official Meets Former 'Comfort Women' in Seoul
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights met with three ageing "comfort women" on a visit to Seoul on Wednesday and promised to continue advocating on behalf of South Korean victims of Japan's wartime system of sex slavery.
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South Korea 'Comfort Women' Seek $20 Million Lawsuit in US
South Korea's ageing victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery said today they would file a $20 million lawsuit next month at a US court to seek financial compensation from Tokyo.
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Denying 'Comfort Women' Stains Japan Honour: Yohei Kono
Japan must face up to the truth over its wartime system of sex slavery if it is to purge the stain of its past wrongs, the man who issued a landmark apology today.
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UN Panel Tells Japan to Compensate 'Comfort Women'
A United Nations human rights agency is calling on Japan to guarantee independent investigations of wartime sex slavery and provide a public apology and compensation to the women who were victims.
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Former Sex Slaves Demand Japan Prime Minister Acknowledge Past
Five former victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery and their supporters submitted hundreds of official documents to the government Monday, demanding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe face Japan's past atrocity and formally apologize.
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Documents Show Japan Complicit in WWII Sex Slavery: Activists
Activists said on Monday they had a trove of documents proving the Japanese military was complicit in the wartime system of sex slavery, despite nationalist quibbles over responsibility.
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Japan mulls revision of 'comfort women' apology
Japan will consider revising an apology for its wartime system of sex slavery, a top official said on Monday, a move that will draw fury in South Korea and beyond if the historic statement is watered down.
