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WARTIME HISTORY

Japan Times
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Jan 6, 2016
Protesters in Tokyo denounce &comfort women* deal
Activists fighting for women coerced into work at Japanese wartime military brothels urge Tokyo to scrap its deal with Seoul.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Abe advisory panel cites wartime &aggression* but fails to address recent revisionism
A key advisory panel to Shinzo Abe published its report Thursday on Japan*s modern history and postwar reconciliation, strongly criticizing the wartime ※aggression§ against other Asian countries but touching little on recent controversies over what is widely regarded as the prime minister*s revisionist...
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2015
Don*t duck war responsibility
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must carefully consider the impact of his upcoming war anniversary message to avoid damaging ties with China and South Korea.
Japan Times
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Feb 19, 2014
NHK chief tells board &comfort women* remarks no big deal
The controversy swirling around NHK shows no sign of simmering down, with Chairman Katsuto Momii reportedly playing down the explosive nature of the remarks he made at his first news conference in January over the wartime brothels used by the Imperial Japanese military.
Japan Times
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Feb 3, 2014
Yasukuni: It*s open to interpretation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe*s visit to Yasukuni Shrine in December stirred outrage at home and abroad because he was perceived as promoting his revisionist views on wartime history and violating the constitutional separation of state and religion.
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Aug 27, 2013
Ban shouldn*t hit Abe*s views: Suga
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga rebuffs criticism by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over Japan*s revisionist views of its wartime history.
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May 14, 2013
Suga rushes to smother LDP*s latest brush fire over war
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga leaps into damage control mode after the LDP*s policy chief says President Shinzo Abe disagrees with the findings of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal.

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