To destroy a people, obliterate their understanding of history. Either Japanese media executives haven¡¯t read ¡°1984,¡± or they¡¯ve failed to get George Orwell¡¯s point.
The Yomiuri, Japan¡¯s biggest-circulation daily newspaper, last week formally apologized for describing as ¡°sex slaves¡± the many thousands of Asian women trafficked to Japanese military brothels before and during World War II. The move came after liberal rival Asahi withdrew a series of articles on the forcible rounding-up of Korean ¡°comfort women.¡±
Turned out, the account offered by a source for some stories back in the 1980s and 1990s couldn¡¯t be verified.
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