Nov. 22, 2014 – “Event to cover ‘comfort women’” (Taipei Times)
Exhibition on Taiwanese “comfort women” opening in Taipei, in conjunction with International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov. 19, 2014 – “San Francisco’s huff with Hashimoto over ‘comfort women’ reveals double standards” (Japan Times)
Article by SF teacher and writer Nicolas Gattig: “We mustn’t stand for actual denial, but should let others repent in the best way they can. This means graceful engagement — and humility about our own wrongs.”
Nov. 18, 2014 – “Japan seeks change in “comfort women” descriptions in U.S. textbook” (Kyodo)
Article from Kyodo News International: Japanese Foreign Ministry asks New York-based publisher McGraw-Hill Companies to change description of wartime comfort women in one of their world history textbooks
Oct. 02, 2014 – PM Abe: “No plan right now to replace Kono statement”
Article from Asahi Shimbun, October 02, 2014 : Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated he has no plans to issue a new statement to replace a landmark 1993 apology to former “comfort women” forced to provide sex to wartime Japanese soldiers. “I am…