Japan's chief cabinet secretary says statue at private rural botanical garden represents 'unforgivable' breach of international protocol
FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a protective mask enters a venue for his news conference, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File PhotoThe Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to depict Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kneeling and bowing to a “comfort woman,” a euphemism for women forced to work in Japan’s wartime brothels.
“If the reports are accurate, then there would be a decisive impact on Japan-Korea relations,” Suga told a news conference in Tokyo.The issue of comfort women, mostly Koreans forced to work in Japan’s brothels before and during World War Two, and whether the surviving victims were adequately compensated, have long been a thorn in the two countries’ ties.
However, the current South Korean government of President Moon Jae-in has declared the 2015 deal flawed, effectively voiding it. Similar statues of girls alone have been set up in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and at other places to honour the women.
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