東国原知事の従軍慰安婦問題に関する発言に大注目！！

ミクシィのあるコミュニティーで、東国原知事が、先日の外国人記者クラブ会見で、従軍慰安婦問題について質問を受けていたという書き込みを見つけた。

探してみた。　　　　　あった。

ジャパンタイムズに確かにそういう記事があった。

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Gov. Sonomanma: What sex slaves?

By HIROKO NAKATA
Staff writer

Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru, a comedian-turned-rookie-politician, waded into a political minefield Wednesday, claiming it was hard to confirm as historical fact that the wartime Japanese military coerced women across Asia into frontline brothels.

The comment at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo by Higashikokubaru, better known by his stage name Sonomanma Higashi, echoes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent remarks on what Japan euphemistically called the "comfort women," sparking an international outcry.

Abe has repeatedly said there is no proof that the Imperial army forced young females from Japanese-occupied Asia into sexual slavery at the brothels.

Asked by reporters for his opinion on Abe's comments, Higashikokubaru said, "It is very difficult to confirm as a historical fact that the 'comfort women' actually existed.

"My position is that it is hard to make a comment (on the issue) unless the history is verified," he said. "Both cases of existence and nonexistence (of coercion) should be verified objectively."

Aside from the question of whether there was coercion to get the sex slaves into the brothels, Higashikokubaru said he believes there was nothing wrong with Japanese engaging in the sex trade in pre-1945 Korea, because under a "bilateral accord" in 1910, the Korean Peninsula became part of Japan, where the sex business had been allowed under certain regulations.

But the Koreas say Japan's colonial rule was in fact an invasion and illegal, as was any sex trade on the peninsula involving Japanese, the governor said.

"Arguments differ significantly between the winner and loser," Higashikokubaru said, as a general view.
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この発言が本当ならば(本当だろう)、私は東国原知事を尊敬する。ここまでハッキリ断言できる彼は素晴らしい。

日本のマスコミはまったくこれを書いていない。どういうこと？取り上げているのは、ライブドアニュースのパブリックジャーナリストの記事のみ。この記事が本当なら、なぜマスコミは挙って、東国原知事を攻撃しないのか？不思議でならない。詳細を知る方がいらっしゃったらご一報を。