It is Julian Ryall & Mindy Kotler who are whitewashing history

Fury as Japanese paper redefines 'comfort women'
The Japan Times' decision to revise its description of women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II has triggered anger and condemnation. Julian Ryall reports.

The definition of "comfort women" has previously been understood to refer to women who were forced to provide sex to Japanese troops before and during World War II, but that is being altered, the paper added.

"Because the experiences of comfort women in different areas throughout the course of the war varied widely, from today we will refer to 'comfort women' as 'women who worked in wartime brothels, including those who did so against their will, to provide sex to Japanese soldiers.'"

　I think the new description is more objective. Many were so poor that they sold themselves as prostitutes. Some were sold by their parents. Others are tricked into prostitution. Still others are kidnapped.

　It is the same with Korean comfort women for U.S. military. Many Korean comfort women for U.S. military were kidnapped, sold, tricked into prostitution.

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　Julian Ryall & Mindy Kotler have never written about sex slavery for U.S. military. It is not Japan Times but Julian Ryall & Mindy Kotler who are whitewashing history, erasing American guilt from journalism.

Mindy Kotler, director of Asia Policy Point and an advocate for the rights of former Allied prisoners of war, many of whom were also forced to work in Japanese factories, described the paper's change in editorial policy as "a dramatic capitulation" to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "PR efforts to rewrite history" and fit his own political agenda

1)Julian Ryall & Mindy Kotler should show that Abe in one way or another put a pressure on Japan Times to change its policy

2)Julian Ryall & Mindy Kotler should show that Abe wants to rewrite history.

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They haven't shown any evidence in the article.

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With regard to comfort women, Abe said

“I am deeply pained to think about the ‘comfort women’ who experienced immeasurable pain and suffering as a result of victimization due to human trafficking

With regard to WW Ⅱ, he said

I believe those gold stars are a proud symbol of the sacrifices in defending freedom. But in those gold stars, we also find the pain, sorrow, and love for family of young Americans who otherwise would have lived happy lives.

Pearl Harbor, Bataan Corregidor, Coral Sea... The battles engraved at the Memorial crossed my mind, and I reflected upon the lost dreams and lost futures of those young Americans.

History is harsh. What is done cannot be undone.

With deep repentance in my heart, I stood there in silent prayers for some time.

"The reason this new policy at the newspaper is in error is because when it comes to sex slavery, they try to conflate voluntary prostitution with the women and girls who were abducted and forced to work in these brothels," said a former employee of The Japan Times who wished to remain anonymous

　Japan Times has never called Korean comfort women for U.S.military Sex Slaves. Surely it is biased.