Wartime Sex Slaves

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".

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.

South Korea on Wednesday announced the formal shutdown of a controversial Japanese-funded foundation created to help former wartime sex slaves -- a move that will further sour ties between the neighbours.

A Japanese lawmaker today said wartime sex slaves forced to work for Japan's Imperial Army were "professional prostitutes", before he was forced to retract the remarks and issue an apology, local media reported.

Hundreds of South Korean protesters joined two surviving former "comfort women" today to denounce an agreement with Japan to resolve an issue stemming from Japan's wartime past that has long plagued ties between neighbours.

Japan's landmark apology for its use of Korean sex slaves during World War II is a little too late, Chinese state media said today, slamming the long-awaited mea culpa as insincere and insufficient.

Some 200 Japanese nationalists lashed out today at an agreement to settle a dispute with South Korea about wartime sex slaves, with some calling on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to kill himself in shame.

Japanese first lady Akie Abe said she has again visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo, posting photos of the site on the same day Japan and South Korea struck a landmark agreement on wartime sex slaves.

Taiwan called on Japan today to apologise and compensate the island's wartime sex slaves after Tokyo and Seoul reached an agreement on the emotive issue.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today that a landmark agreement between Japan and South Korea on the issue of wartime sex slaves heralds a "new era" in relations between the two countries.

South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement today on the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long soured relations, with Tokyo offering survivors a one-billion yen payment.

South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement today on the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long strained relations, Seoul's foreign minister said.

South Korea today dug its heels in ahead of talks with Japan over the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long strained ties.

Japan's top diplomat said today that he was prepared to "work hard" to settle a bitter row with South Korea over a Japanese wartime brothel system, a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered him to visit the country to seek a breakthrough.

South Korea and China on Monday protested against Tokyo's review of a landmark 1993 apology to women, many of them Korean and Chinese, forced to work as wartime sex slaves in Japanese brothels, urging it to stop trying to whitewash history.

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".

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.

South Korea on Wednesday announced the formal shutdown of a controversial Japanese-funded foundation created to help former wartime sex slaves -- a move that will further sour ties between the neighbours.

A Japanese lawmaker today said wartime sex slaves forced to work for Japan's Imperial Army were "professional prostitutes", before he was forced to retract the remarks and issue an apology, local media reported.

Hundreds of South Korean protesters joined two surviving former "comfort women" today to denounce an agreement with Japan to resolve an issue stemming from Japan's wartime past that has long plagued ties between neighbours.

Japan's landmark apology for its use of Korean sex slaves during World War II is a little too late, Chinese state media said today, slamming the long-awaited mea culpa as insincere and insufficient.

Some 200 Japanese nationalists lashed out today at an agreement to settle a dispute with South Korea about wartime sex slaves, with some calling on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to kill himself in shame.

Japanese first lady Akie Abe said she has again visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo, posting photos of the site on the same day Japan and South Korea struck a landmark agreement on wartime sex slaves.

Taiwan called on Japan today to apologise and compensate the island's wartime sex slaves after Tokyo and Seoul reached an agreement on the emotive issue.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today that a landmark agreement between Japan and South Korea on the issue of wartime sex slaves heralds a "new era" in relations between the two countries.

South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement today on the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long soured relations, with Tokyo offering survivors a one-billion yen payment.

South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement today on the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long strained relations, Seoul's foreign minister said.

South Korea today dug its heels in ahead of talks with Japan over the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long strained ties.

Japan's top diplomat said today that he was prepared to "work hard" to settle a bitter row with South Korea over a Japanese wartime brothel system, a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered him to visit the country to seek a breakthrough.

South Korea and China on Monday protested against Tokyo's review of a landmark 1993 apology to women, many of them Korean and Chinese, forced to work as wartime sex slaves in Japanese brothels, urging it to stop trying to whitewash history.