Japan explains "comfort women" stance in German after statue set up

Japan's Foreign Ministry has issued a document in German explaining its stance on the issue of "comfort women" after a statue symbolizing Korean women in Japanese wartime military brothels was erected in Berlin by a pro-South Korean civic group despite Tokyo's objection.The document, posted on Oct. 21 on the ministry's website, refutes the allegations that the women were "forcefully taken away" by the Japanese wartime military and government authorities, noting that cannot be verified by any of the historic records that Tokyo has identified, while asking people in Germany not to use the exp…READ FULL ARTICLE