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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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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Shines Light On Rape Used As Weapon Of War
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, an ISISsex slave survivor, will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize today, as they challenge the world to combat rape as a weapon of war.
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South Korean Academic Convicted Of Defaming 'Comfort Women'
A South Korean professor who challenged the consensus view of Japan's war time sex slaves was convicted of defaming the victims on Friday, after a Seoul appeals court overturned an earlier acquittal.
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Japan Lawmaker Says 'Comfort Women' Were 'Prostitutes'
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.
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Filipinos Raped By Japanese World War II Troops Demand Compensation
A group of elderly Filipino women raped by Japanese troops during World War II called for compensation from Japan on today, following Tokyo's pledge of $8.3 million for South Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during the war.
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South Korean 'Comfort Women' Protest Against Accord With Japan
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.
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Chinese Media Slam Japan Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves
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.
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Japan Nationalists Protest Landmark Sex Slave Deal With South Korea
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.
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ISIS Ruling Aims To Settle Who Can Have Sex With Female Slaves
ISIS theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females.
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Japanese First Lady Visits Tokyo War Shrine
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.
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Taiwan Urges Japanese Apology On 'Comfort Women' After South Korea Deal
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.
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Shinzo Abe Says 'Comfort Women' Deal Heralds New Era With South Korea
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.
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ISIS Department Of 'War Spoils' Handles Slaves And More
ISIS has set up departments to handle "war spoils," including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large swaths of Syria and Iraq and other areas.
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South Korea, Japan Strike Deal On Wartime Korean Sex Slaves
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.
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Japan's Top Diplomat Readying Visit To South Korea For 'Comfort Women' Talks
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.
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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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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Shines Light On Rape Used As Weapon Of War
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, an ISISsex slave survivor, will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize today, as they challenge the world to combat rape as a weapon of war.
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South Korean Academic Convicted Of Defaming 'Comfort Women'
A South Korean professor who challenged the consensus view of Japan's war time sex slaves was convicted of defaming the victims on Friday, after a Seoul appeals court overturned an earlier acquittal.
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Japan Lawmaker Says 'Comfort Women' Were 'Prostitutes'
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.
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Filipinos Raped By Japanese World War II Troops Demand Compensation
A group of elderly Filipino women raped by Japanese troops during World War II called for compensation from Japan on today, following Tokyo's pledge of $8.3 million for South Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during the war.
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South Korean 'Comfort Women' Protest Against Accord With Japan
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.
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Chinese Media Slam Japan Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves
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.
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Japan Nationalists Protest Landmark Sex Slave Deal With South Korea
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.
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ISIS Ruling Aims To Settle Who Can Have Sex With Female Slaves
ISIS theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females.
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Japanese First Lady Visits Tokyo War Shrine
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.
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Taiwan Urges Japanese Apology On 'Comfort Women' After South Korea Deal
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.
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Shinzo Abe Says 'Comfort Women' Deal Heralds New Era With South Korea
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.
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ISIS Department Of 'War Spoils' Handles Slaves And More
ISIS has set up departments to handle "war spoils," including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large swaths of Syria and Iraq and other areas.
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South Korea, Japan Strike Deal On Wartime Korean Sex Slaves
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.
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Japan's Top Diplomat Readying Visit To South Korea For 'Comfort Women' Talks
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.
