SOURCE: The Guardian
11-30-18
tags: Japan, comfort women, WWII
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11-30-18
'Comfort women': anger as Japan paper alters description of WWII terms
Breaking Newstags: Japan, comfort women, WWII
Japan’s oldest English-language newspaper has sparked anger among staff and readers after revising its description of wartime sex slaves and forced labourers from the Korean peninsula.
In a decision that critics said aligned it with the conservative agenda of the prime minister, Shinzō Abe, the Japan Times said it had used terms “that could have been potentially misleading” when reporting on the contentious subjects.
It was the latest media row about how to define notorious parts of the country’s wartime record.
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