November 10, 2016

"A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Thursday urged Japan to deal with comfort women issue responsibly.

The conscription of 'comfort women' was a grave crime against humanity committed by the Japanese military during World War II, said spokesman Lu Kang at a daily press briefing.

According to Japanese media reports, surviving 'comfort women' from the Republic of Korea (ROK), the Philippines, Indonesia and East Timor called on the Japanese government last Friday to make a formal apology and offer compensation to victims, while rejecting a December agreement between Japan and the ROK that was intended to permanently settle the issue."

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